Talk:Prostitution in the Netherlands
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hilariously called Hardebollenstraat (Hard Ball Street) dutch word "bol" means sphere, seldom ball, and never testicle.
Should there be some explanation about the legalisation and it's history? As well as the current tendency of the goverment to restrict various forms of prostitution?
- Go ahead.--Patrick 14:44, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] History
I'm busy adding some history about prostitution in the Netherlands. I'm reading all kinds of books about Dutch prostitution. This article is a mess at this point, and I'm figuring if everything I'm saying is correct. Chronology is a difficult subject and books are not clear about that. Not everything has been said and there are some very interesting details on which I will elaborate. I also hope to add an extra chapter about the prostitution laws in the Netherlands. Please correct my misspellings.--Bruno Junqueira 20:18, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
- WOW! That's impressive, but it so long and so rich in information, maybe it merits a separate page like History of Prostitution in the Netherlands? -- C mon 20:25, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The Norwegian Report
Somebody added..... Norwegian government published a report comparing two opposite choices in dealing with prostitution, the Dutch one and the (prohibitionist and criminalizing) Swedish choice. It turned out that, although there are still some unsatisfactory issues, the Dutch approach seems to be much more effective than the Swedish one in ruling prostitution and fighting crime.[1] I have to add that the conclusions off this report are partly based on the korpsmonitors (2003[2] and 2004[3]) and the "Plan van Aanpak Ordening en Bescherming Prostitutiesector"[4] These reports state with great euphoria that the regulated sex businesses have been largely cleaned up and that human trafficking has moved underground. There is no evidence of that however. The Fourth report of the Dutch National Rapporteur[5] gives different numbers. Look at page 14, footnote 17 A total of 54 sex establishments [in 2003] were involved in the successfully completed investigations into THB, of which 19 were unlicensed. In 2002 this figure was 140, 38 of which were unlicensed. Most of the sex establishments where the human trafficking takes place seem to be licensed!!--Bruno Junqueira 15:03, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Demographics has shifted since 1998/1999
Somebody added.....However with new legislation from 2001 that prohibits migrants from outside the European Union to work legaly, demographics most likely has shifted. That's true. But there has been no new research since 1999. I have done my own research last year (2005) by studying a consumers site for prostitute clients (hookers.nl). The Johns described more than 3.500 prostitutes in the Netherlands. The percentages have shifted. There are now slightly more Dutch prostitutes, the number of African prostitutes seems to have decreased a lot (from 13% to 3%), and there seem to be more Asian (Thai) prostitutes. The numbers for the Eastern European and Latin American prostitutes are very similar. However, this is original research, and I cannot include this in the Wikipedia article.--Bruno Junqueira 15:19, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
