New regulations imposed on prostitution by the German government will do more harm than good, according to famed German call girl Undine De Rivière. The bill, advocated by Germany’s Minister of Family Affairs Manuela Schwesig, imposes a variety of new regulations on sex workers. However, Undine De Rivière, spokesperson for the German’s Professional Association of Erotic and Sexual Services told Sputnik that this new legislation will do more harm than good to the sex industry.
“Unfortunately, this law is completely counterproductive. It’s called a law to protect prostitutes, but it is in fact a law to monitor prostitutes. It will create considerable problems in the industry,” she said.
According to De Rivière, the process of obtaining all of the permits that are now required for sex workers to ply their trade will be disastrous to the existing sex industry infrastructure.
Furthermore, she pointed out, it will be rather problematic to oversee the adherence to certain requirements enforced by the new legislation – such as, for example, the obligatory use of condoms by prostitutes.
“Just take a look at how this is being supervised in Bavaria. The police there actually walk in on people in the act and, using flashlights, check if this requirement is being fulfilled or not. You can only monitor such things if you don’t care about people’s dignity,” De Rivière remarked.
