They look like shelters for hikers in a national park, but nine new wooden
sheds in Switzerland have a rather less innocent purpose – they provide a
discreet location for men to have sex with prostitutes.
The
drive-in ‘sex boxes’ as they are being called, will be officially opened on
August 26, as part of a drive by authorities in Zurich to regulate
prostitution, combat pimping and improve security for sex workers.
The nine garage-style structures,
located in a former industrial zone in the west of the city, have been
organised with typically Swiss precision.
Drivers will have to follow a
clearly marked route along which up to 40 prostitutes will be stationed.
These ‘sex-boxes’ are being
introduced apparently to reduce prostitution, but I don’t see how introducing a
massive drive-thru in an industrial zone does that in any way, all the Swiss
authorities are doing is moving prostitution to a designated area.
This idea is a bit like the one on the TV show the
Wire, where the police set-up three zones in empty parts of Baltimore to allow
the gangs to ‘legally’ sell drugs, it’s the same here it’s not solving the
original problem it’s just moving the problem to where less people are aware of
it.
Prostitution is legal in
Switzerland and if the authorities there want to reduce prostitution surely the
first step would be to make it illegal wouldn’t it?
Switzerland is a very confusing
place, they have incredibly draconian car laws, yet everyone owns a gun and in
a week’s time they’ll have a drive-thru, fast prostitution service, like I said
confusing.
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