> 52 percent of Zurich citizens voted in favor of the government setting aside $2 million to build drive-in structures, which are referred to as “sex boxes,” in a discreet area.
Interesting. Knowing nothing about Switzerland, I'm curious why some private business didn't jump in and do it themselves.
> To operate the facilities each year, $800,000 is set aside for security and on-site social services.
I don't think you can trust a private company whose main goal is to make a profit to make social services and minimising negative effects for the area a priority.
The locals want to hide prostitution and roll-back the "red light" districts. Already, prostitution is illegal in some areas of Zurich and prostitutes are required to have licenses. The move is to hide prostitution from being out in the open, something so-called "private-public partnerships" would be unlikely to accomplish. It would need local knowledge to explain if this is pretext for prohibition or a legitimate accommodation.
There are plenty of sex work concepts in Switzerland. The German countries cater to carnal desires very efficiently.
In this case this is just direct representation in action. Zurich folks wanted sex boxes and voted in sex boxes. Its just the low budget version of the elaborate accommodations that the private sector already offers.
Just a note to Americans: prostitution is generally legal in Europe. Switzerland has a very high cost of living comparable to NYC or SF, but it has a male:female sex ratio similar to that of San Jose. Other places in Europe have relatively low costs of living like out of Prague, where prostitutes average 70€/hr. I would imagine prostitution in Zurich would be expected to average 250€/hr.
prices in switzerland are much higher than the german neighbors for pretty much everything, including sex work, so for a city like Zurich which isn't super close to the border I can see how this is an alternative for many
given the elaborate themed sex work concepts available in those countries, I'm still surprised there is an appeal for this
[+] [-] kjeetgill|7 years ago|reply
Interesting. Knowing nothing about Switzerland, I'm curious why some private business didn't jump in and do it themselves.
[+] [-] jsiepkes|7 years ago|reply
I don't think you can trust a private company whose main goal is to make a profit to make social services and minimising negative effects for the area a priority.
[+] [-] modells|7 years ago|reply
[+] [-] gammateam|7 years ago|reply
In this case this is just direct representation in action. Zurich folks wanted sex boxes and voted in sex boxes. Its just the low budget version of the elaborate accommodations that the private sector already offers.
[+] [-] modells|7 years ago|reply
[+] [-] gammateam|7 years ago|reply
prices in switzerland are much higher than the german neighbors for pretty much everything, including sex work, so for a city like Zurich which isn't super close to the border I can see how this is an alternative for many
given the elaborate themed sex work concepts available in those countries, I'm still surprised there is an appeal for this
any one know where they are in Zurich?
[+] [-] gh0zt|7 years ago|reply
Depotweg 8048 Zürich https://goo.gl/maps/3v3BbAkEBb62