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German Green Party MP Considers Subsidized Sex for the Disabled

posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday January 10 2017, @03:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the pon-farr dept.

takyon writes:

BBC reports "German Greens float sex prescriptions for disabled":

A spokeswoman for the Green Party in Germany has said disabled and seriously ill people should be able to claim back public money if they pay for sex. They would have to prove a medical need and show that they could not pay to visit sex workers otherwise. Elisabeth Scharfenberg, an MP, told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper that she "could imagine" local authorities paying for "sexual assistance". Prostitution has been legal in Germany since 2002.

[...] In the Netherlands it is already possible to claim the cost of sexual services as a medical expense.

German source. Here's a related segment from Vice if you have 17m22s to spare (it's primarily about Sensual Solutions).

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @03:19PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 10 2017, @03:19PM (#452081)

    Meanwhile in America, sex work is illegal and publishers (Baxkpage) get arrested..

    Land of the free and all that...

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Tuesday January 10 2017, @05:31PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday January 10 2017, @05:31PM (#452139)

    The Originalists should just admit that quite a few of the Founding Fathers were banging their slaves.
    Maybe it's the idea of paying that is the problem...

    • (Score: 4, Interesting) by MostCynical on Tuesday January 10 2017, @08:28PM

      by MostCynical (2589) on Tuesday January 10 2017, @08:28PM (#452223) Journal

      It is probably more about choice - they don't want women empowered, and payment suggests power and choice.
      If there isn't force, or a power imbalance, there isn't the same titillation.

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      • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday January 10 2017, @09:56PM

        by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 10 2017, @09:56PM (#452247) Journal

        Couldn't they overcome that by trying to look at it as a "jobs creation" program?

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        • (Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Wednesday January 11 2017, @12:20PM

          by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Wednesday January 11 2017, @12:20PM (#452472)

          Couldn't they overcome that by trying to look at it as a "jobs creation" program?

          They are not really interested in just creating jobs. That is merely a hook for the masses that is claimed whenever an opportunity for wealth consolidation arises.

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Tuesday January 10 2017, @09:38PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 10 2017, @09:38PM (#452240) Journal

    Be glad we don't have this in America.

    The government paying for sex workers is just one more way for the government to be sure everyone gets f**ked.

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