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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: 3, Flamebait) by Snotnose on Tuesday January 10 2017, @04:49PM

    by Snotnose (1623) on Tuesday January 10 2017, @04:49PM (#452120)

    You want pissed? I live in California and our wonderful government has decided to pay for a sex change operation. For a prisoner serving a life sentence.

    Whisky Tango Foxtrot? First, taxpayers should not pay for this type of operation. Second, especially not for assholes serving a life sentence.

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  • (Score: 2) by nobu_the_bard on Tuesday January 10 2017, @06:05PM

    by nobu_the_bard (6373) on Tuesday January 10 2017, @06:05PM (#452155)

    I guess it's this: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-inmate-sex-reassignment-20170106-story.html [latimes.com]

    Woah! California is crazy. Female convicts get necklaces and nightgowns too??

  • (Score: 1) by AssCork on Tuesday January 10 2017, @11:00PM

    by AssCork (6255) on Tuesday January 10 2017, @11:00PM (#452287) Journal

    Texas here, so let me just say "AH HA HA HA HA HA!!"
    Life sentences, pfft - pansies.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 11 2017, @04:42AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 11 2017, @04:42AM (#452366)

      From a bumper sticker: "I will believe corporations are people when Texas executes one."

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 11 2017, @10:02AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 11 2017, @10:02AM (#452445)

    Why not? Explain.