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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: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday January 10 2017, @09:46PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 10 2017, @09:46PM (#452242) Journal

    Is there any conceivable (hmm, punny) medical problem for which the only treatment is sex? I have a hard time imagining such a thing that couldn't just be solved by jerking off even if you did find one.

    So are you saying it would save taxpayer dollars to buy people pr0n instead?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 11 2017, @08:15AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 11 2017, @08:15AM (#452414)

    This is only for handicapped people.

    Just imagine having all the free porn you can get (aka "the internet"), but no arms...