A German Lawmaker Wants the State to Pay for Prostitutes for the Elderly
A German Lawmaker Wants the State to Pay for Prostitutes for the Elderly
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The Green Party lawmaker says she can imagine authorities "financing sexual assistance"
A German opposition lawmaker has been criticized for suggesting on Sunday that authorities could subsidize paid sex for patients requiring nursing care.
The Green Party’s spokeswoman on care policy, Elisabeth Scharfenberg, told Welt am Sonntag newspaper that she could imagine authorities “financing sexual assistance.”
Prostitution has been legal in Germany since 2002 and the newspaper also wrote that Scharfenberg’s suggestion has its roots in a system based in the Netherlands, where applicants have to prove a medical need and show that they are otherwise unable to pay for a sex worker themselves.
Governing Social Democrats lawmaker Karl Lauterbach told Bild daily on Monday that the country did not “need paid prostitution in homes for the elderly, and certainly not on prescription,” Associated Press reports.
http://time.com/4628414/germany-paid-sex-elderly-patients/
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Just to lighten it up a bit. Saw this and it made me chuckle.
I wonder if this service could possibly be included in the new Health Care law.
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That would be an easy job but you'd need an ambulance standing by.
Just a question-- does this apply to elderly men AND elderly women? I mean, a lot of elderly women would probably benefit from a gigolo...
It didn't distinguish gender so my thoughts are anyone who falls under the definition of "elderly".
applicants have to prove a medical need and show that they are otherwise unable to pay for a sex worker themselves.
I'm not sure how one proves sex is a medical need........I do remember when I was younger my sister told me her boyfriend said that if they didn't do it he would die. lol
Great tension reliever, I'd think...