Dutch Town To Offer Points To Well-Behaved Prostitutes

The city of Eindhoven is awarding credit points to street prostitutes in exchange for good behavior. To earn the points, the prostitutes must be involved in positive activities such as workshops where they can learn skills to equip themselves for other work. Credit points can be used to buy designer clothes and furniture from outlets like the Eindhoven Design Academy and the International School of Design in Cologne. The prostitutes must hurry and use up their credits before Eindhoven's hooker dollar expansion comes out in November and all their credits are wiped.

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I don't get it

[Anonymous Coward]

So, they are giving away "prices" that can be directly used to aid prostitution (designer clothes) by having them learn skills for another kind of work.

What stop them for entering the workshops but not getting a "real" job? What stop them from getting a "real" job and still sell meatware at night? What stop them from selling the clothes/furniture to buy another stuff, like drugs?

Dunno about other countries, but here the problem with prostitution is not the prostitution per se, it's that is not sanctioned.

Re:I don't get it

[Anonymous Coward]

Most sex trade workers don't want to be sex trade workers. They simply feel they have no other choice. The idea here is to give them choices.

Other countries sanction prostitution, and that's not accomplishing anything other than creating more crime and taking police resources away from dealing with bigger threats to society. The real solution to the problem is to create better opportunities for these women, and that's exactly what the city of Eindhoven is trying to do.

Re:I don't get it

[laughing rabbit]

Most workers don't want to be workers. They simply feel they have no other choice.

There, I spun that closer to reality for you.