Public prostitution

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The public prostitutes defining a shape of prostitutes , in the public space takes place. Other names are street prostitution, street or car slash. The prostitutes wait in the open air to offer their sexual services to suitors driving by, some of them on foot . In the prostitution hierarchy, the women and men who stand on the street are at the bottom. Street prostitution is often practiced as casual prostitution as well as procurement prostitution (drug prostitution).

Origin of the term

The origin of the word Strich is not entirely clear: It is probably the short form of Landstrich , a name for a demarcated area. Another explanation comes from Vienna's prostitution ordinance at the turn of the century, according to which street whores were only allowed to stay within a certain area ( "behind the line" ) on the curb edge (hence the term curb swallows for prostitutes from street prostitutes), around the conventional Not to hinder passers-by. Similarly, in Hamburg there was a white line on the landing stages of the ships. The prostitutes were not allowed to approach the ships any further. So the ladies stood “on the line” and waited for their arriving customers.

Other explanations come from the hunter's language : A line is an imaginary line at a certain height on which the courting woodcock fly their orbits in order to attract the attention of the females.

Forms of exercise

Restricted areas

In the Netherlands , some large cities have set up screened parking spaces with screens etc. in order to regulate street prostitution (nl:  Tippel
prostitutie ); The picture shows such a Tippelzone (left) in Amsterdam , which was closed again in 2003

Street prostitution is locally limited in many cities in Germany by restricted area ordinances with generally binding statutory character. Many red-light districts and inner cities are thus kept free from street prostitution and environmental impairments can at least be limited by rules and prohibitions. In order to effectively enforce a restricted area ordinance, in addition to the fundamental commitment on the part of the municipal regulatory authorities, institutional creativity in the exploration of proportionate measures is required in order to meet the demand for a high-quality satisfaction of the needs of all those involved and not to create a social penalty area at the same time.

In a Germany-wide precedent, the Administrative Court of Gelsenkirchen lifted the 2011 ban on street prostitution issued by the city of Dortmund for the entire city area in March 2013 .

Place of performance

The sexual acts themselves then take place on the one hand in the car itself, whereby initially a quiet parking space or a box with the car is usually sought. On the other hand, sexual contact can also take place in the room , for example in an hour hotel or, especially in the context of organized prostitution, in a brothel-like building. Since around the respective street lines, according to municipal statutes, often generously cut restricted areas prohibit boating - the attraction of customers - and the performance of prostitution itself, but of course this must still take place in close proximity to the street line, a street line can also be a burden for the residents in the surrounding area, if then entire floors of houses in residential areas are more or less openly but illegally the place of execution .

In cities with open street prostitution, the free search traffic of motorized customers in the evenings can cause trouble for local residents.

In 1986 the Dutch city of Utrecht implemented an internationally acclaimed concept of a strictly controlled street prostitution, which includes a protected, spatially and temporally clearly limited area equipped with " Verrichtungsboxen ". Within this zone, prostitutes can legally pursue their trade under relatively safe and hygienic conditions. The so-called “ Utrecht model ” has since been adopted in several cities inside and outside the Netherlands, including Cologne , Essen and Zurich .

Caravan prostitution

Love mobile on the edge of a federal highway

Even in rural areas there are streets where mobile prostitutes in caravans or mobile homes , so-called love mobiles , offer themselves . These are mainly aimed at truckers and commuters as customers. In Germany, this form of prostitution often occurs on the edge of federal highways or in parking lots on the autobahn.

Rural street prostitution is also widespread in other European countries, for example in Italy , where brothels are prohibited. The street prostitutes there, mostly of black African or Eastern European origin with usually illegal residence status, therefore very often - involuntarily and forcibly - pursue this activity on main and secondary roads. Another example are the regions near the border in neighboring countries to the east.

Designations

Baby and child stroke stands for an area in which predominantly or very young women pursue prostitution. Other names are: housewife line for older prostitutes, Balkan line for women from the Balkans . Partial designation has been made of a stroke after the respective Free Circle: So there are for example, the derogatory names Kanak - and Moluccas bar . With the evening line there is a differentiation according to the time of day.

Most of the time, the "lines" are meticulously divided among the individual groups. It is mostly not possible for the people working there to change the assigned location . Violations are punished harshly - by the neighbors as well as by pimps or street and square brokers .

Problems

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On some streets there are prostitutes who do not have the opportunity to work legally in brothels, bars, etc., for example because they do not have a residence or work permit , or because they are involved in prostitution, e.g. B. want to pursue only for a short time due to a personal financial crisis (see occasional prostitution ). Until the Bockschein was abolished in 2001, prostitutes who, as drug addicts or HIV- infected people, could not obtain and present this necessary health certificate (cf. procurement prostitution , drug prostitution ) could only work on the street . Today, however, this is no longer a distinguishing criterion. However, out of necessity, high-risk groups among prostitutes in Germany often offer paid sex without a condom , so that both the client who demands it and the prostitute themselves run an increased risk of infection. Furthermore, the prohibited prostitution of minors is limited to a few streets or other places with low control density. Women of the Roma population, who are often native to Bulgaria, have particularly difficult conditions in Europe. They lack access to education in their homeland. The unemployment rate is high. Prostitution enables women to support their families financially. Some women come into contact with drugs easily from the psychological and physical injuries. Drug addiction, in turn, worsens job opportunities, and unprotected sex practices are offered for the lowest wages, which can increase the risk of transmitting sexually transmitted diseases. Overall, streets vary greatly locally and regionally in terms of the composition of sex workers, the density of controls by the authorities and the efficiency of self-regulation and social support institutions.

Case studies

Germany
  • Since 2001 there has been a street prostitution in Dortmund where public prostitution has been practiced. It was on Ravensburger Strasse in Dortmund's northern part of the city. This was banned by law in 2011. By 2006, around 60 prostitutes worked there. In the course of the EU's eastward expansion in 2007 , when Bulgaria and Romania were admitted to the EU, this number skyrocketed. The reason for this were many immigrant Bulgarian women who offered their services on the Dortmund street. In 2007, according to Tz.de , there were 500 to 700 prostitutes on Ravensburger Strasse. According to another source, in 2010 "about 150 prostitutes" worked on the line during rush hour. In 2011 the legislature banned prostitution for street prostitutes in Dortmund. The ban was confirmed in August 2015 by the Münster Higher Administrative Court. Public prostitution is now banned throughout the city.
  • The Kurfürstenstraße in Berlin is a site for street prostitution, which expanded on surrounding streets at least since the 1970s. In 2013, there were discussions about blackout periods and the establishment of a restricted area. In 2014 the number of prostitutes was estimated at 300. Die Welt reported in 2015: “A study by the Technical University of Berlin showed that the prostitutes were predominantly women from Central and Eastern Europe, age: 18 to 35 years. Two thirds are considered addicted to heroin or cocaine. And almost all of them can show a tax number at the tax office. "
  • East of Berlin, a street line was created on Bundesstrasse 1 in a wooded depression between Jahnsfelde and Diedersdorf . Dirk Illgenstein, Mayor of the Vierlinden community , called for a restricted area in 2009.
  • A street line developed on Bundesstrasse 2 in the section from Potsdam city ​​center to the south to the Michendorf motorway junction in (Potsdam-Mittelmark). The establishment of a restricted area was rejected in 2015.
  • The federal highway 5 between Frankfurt (Oder) and Treplin developed into the center of street prostitution in Brandenburg .
  • At the federal highway 206 to street prostitution developed in the parking lots between Bad Bramstedt and Bad Segeberg , citizens protested, 2014.
Czech Republic
  • The Europastraße 55 has meanwhile developed into “Europe's largest street prostitute”, including at Dubi . Video cameras were installed on the German and Czech sides, and the recordings were also publicly broadcast on the Internet from the Czech side.
Switzerland

literature

  • Stephan Dressler, Christoph Zink: Pschyrembel Dictionary Sexuality . Gruyter, Berlin et al., 2003, ISBN 3-11-016965-7 , page 524.
  • Marcel Feige: The Lexicon of Prostitution. The whole ABC of lust . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verl., Berlin, 2003, ISBN 3-89602-520-1 .
  • Elisabeth von Dücker (Ed.): Sex work. Prostitution - worlds and myths . Ed. Temmen, Bremen, 2005, ISBN 3-86108-542-9 .

Web links

Commons : Street prostitution  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Beat Ammann: Strictly controlled street prostitutes in Utrecht. In: NZZ.ch of March 6, 2012, accessed on January 5, 2014.
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  10. ↑ http://www.morgenpost.de/brandenburg/article104427003/Strassenstrich-auf-der-B1-empoert-Dorfbewohner.html
  11. ↑ a b The busy B 2 federal road near Potsdam will not become a restricted area - traffic without end. In: Berliner Zeitung. January 16, 2009, accessed September 7, 2016 .
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  13. ↑ Hans-Jörg Schmidt: Customer lull: No traffic on Europe's longest street. In: welt.de . July 29, 2009. Retrieved October 7, 2018 .