peripheries

Intermezzo: Key Elements for a “Perfect Brothel”

August 3rd, 2008 | by roger |

Last year Middle England met the sex trade head-on when the Hampshire WI emerged as an unlikely champion of the reform of prostitution laws and members Jean Johnson and Shirley Landels led their 7,000-strong membership to advocate the legalisation of brothels in Britain.

Now Channel 4 investigative  journalist Nicky Taylor joins forces with the ladies of the Hampshire WI on a journey to find out what makes a best practice brothel, how the laws need to change to create it and whether it’s possible to set up the UK’s first legal brothel.

Following their investigations Jean and Shirley came up with the following key elements:

• Clean, safe, working environment for all sex workers and clients.
• Sex workers in charge of their own hours, their own earnings and working cooperatively to ensure their own safety.
• Lowered sinks (genital height!), shower or bathing facilities to maximise hygiene for both men and women.
• Panic Button in each room linked straight to police.
• Clients who are abusive or threatening to be barred and not allowed back.
• Regular Health and Safety inspections.
• Condoms, lubricant and dental dams available at all times.
• Regular health checks for the sex workers.

 Email This Post