(10-11-2016 06:37 PM)scotian Wrote: Can I get a gyro and a BJ (at the same place) for less than 20 Euros? If not I'll stick to BKK.
The prostitution issue of greek women has became viral in the media, like greek women banging for 2 or 5 euros, however I still think is not as bad as Ukraine or Bulgaria/Romania
This is what I mean
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/politic...ic-crisis/
'' Legal brothel owner, Soula Alevridou, spoke to the BBC as part of a documentary called Love in a Time of Crisis about dating and sex work in Greece.
She explained the harsh reality for married women who want to use prostitution as a means of supporting themselves, explaining that she must turn them away, or run the risk of losing her licence.
“Married women come here and they ask for work. They can’t even afford breakfast before they [the children] go to school.”
The BBC reported on a woman named Georgia, a doctor, who also works as an escort to support her family.
A fully qualified medical professional, she has a private clinic – but currently only treats three patients a week. The peak summer season (read: tourism) experienced in the sex industry there, means that she’s able to keep up with the rent payments on her family home – as well as support her elderly parents.
"I live a double life and only I can know about it," says Georgia. "I have applied for jobs in medicine abroad and wait every day in hope of a reply."
But this line of work isn’t just demoralising. It’s dangerous.
Over the past four years, Greece has seen a 200 per cent rise in cases of HIV.
In 2012, in response to the increase in infection, the Greek authorities started releasing photographs of sex workers who had HIV and had been working as prostitutes.
Not only did this compromise their safety, it made other women considerably less likely to get tested, in case they were subjected to similar public shaming. This HIV ‘witch hunt’ further stigmatised having an HIV positive status as well as doing nothing to stem the spread of the disease.
Another reason given for the rise in HIV, is the sheer number of sex workers on Greece’s streets.
The 150 per cent increase in women working as prostitutes has hugely disrupted the chain of supply and demand. And the volume of available women has created a climate in which competition for business is rife.
Women, jostling for a finite quantity of clients, are forced to charge less and less. And, of course, clients have vastly reduced spending power due to the financial crsis. The result is an average fee of about €15 (£11).
Some prostitutes are also starting to offer riskier sex acts that clients will pay more for, such as unprotected sex - which carries a premium price, but is contributing to the rise in HIV.
I can’t help but think it’s tragic that it took an influx of ‘educated’ women turning to prostitution, for Greece's legislative issues surrounding sex work to be recognised.
But it’s clearly essential they’re now brought to the fore.
And if the need to protect women such as Georgia – not to mention tackling the rise in HIV - isn’t enough to persuade the Greek government to re-examine their archaic prostitution laws?
Perhaps the economics might be.''
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...e-low.html
'' Greece's crippling debt crisis has meant that more women in the European country are selling sex with prices tumbling as low as the cost of a sandwich.
A new report reveals that more Greek women than Eastern European women are working as prostitutes in Greece following the difficult years of austerity.
'Some women just do it for a cheese pie, or a sandwich they need to eat because they are hungry,' claims the report's author, sociology professor Gregory Lazos at the Panteion University, Athens.
Professor Lazos said that his study, which records the cases of 18,500 sex workers in Greece, 'reflects a society in denial about the changes taking place.'
The going rate for sex has fallen from €50 (£35) at the beginning of the crisis, to as low as just €2 for a single session, Professor Lazos toldThe Times.
However nothing can be compared to Thailand and Philippines or even colombia.
Everyone should be 100% sure for that.