Even now, there is no end in sight for the debate surrounding the danger and value of trading sex for money. Germany's leftist coalition of Social Democrats and Greens is currently hustling for hookers' rights, claims an article in the Los Angeles Times this week. Families Minister Christine Bergmann wants health insurance and social security benefits extended to flesh-trading frauleins, and 68 percent of the population agrees. If passed, Germany's laws would parallel measures in the Netherlands, Europe's most tolerant nooky-bartering nation. In Zambia, ladies of the night stroll a darker street, although they too are seen as having a deep impact on their economy.
Many prostitutes service their carnal customers in public view on the street.
Its curse has devastating consequences on the nation. Last month the British Medical Journal reported that 65 percent of the current Zambian medical patients are suffering with HIV or AIDS, which has reduced overall life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa from 64 years to 47 years. The under-funded hospital system is on the verge of collapse, too poor to even purchase basic drugs. When it comes to a society's view of hookers, context is everything. Some bashful blokes will hide themselves away for decades to escape intimacy.