Sex with strange men: That's why Tom (19) works as a prostitute | reporter
💶 Sex for money with strangers: Male sex workers often operate completely under the radar and on their own. Tom (19) has been working as a prostitute since he was 16. Philip was able to accompany him in Hamburg.
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Max Cooper - Lovesong
Pablo Bolivar - Kuiu
Giriu Dvasios - Tiesa
Get A Romm! - Ecuador
Rival Consoles - Odyssey
Mooryc - Turtle
Dominik Eulberg - Goldene Acht
👱 Tom (name changed) lives in a town near Hamburg. He regularly travels to the Hanseatic city to meet with clients. Tom needs to raise €1,000 in two days for his new apartment. Philip is there with him and can even accompany him to a client. Philip also learns when and why Tom first slept with a stranger for money and how he feels about it.
🔹 Stefanie and Matthias are social workers at the BASIS project near Hamburg's main train station, a drop-in center and overnight shelter for sex workers. The people who come here are primarily teenagers and young men. Philip learns from the social workers why male sex work has little to do with stereotypes like seedy brothels and pimps.
👉 Where can sex workers find support? For example, here:
BASIS Project in Hamburg
https://www.basis-projekt.de/
subway in Berlin
https://subway-berlin.de/
LOOKS e.V. in Cologne
https://www.looks-ev.de/
ℹ️ Prostitutes Protection Act:
The so-called Prostitutes Protection Act came into force on July 1, 2017. The law aims to strengthen the legal position of sex workers. Since then, all individuals working in the sex industry have been required to register their activity. At the end of 2019, approximately 40,400 sex workers were registered with the authorities (source: Federal Statistical Office). It is impossible to reliably determine how many people in Germany actually earn money through sex work. The Prostitutes Protection Act has faced strong criticism from various organizations, including associations and organizations: they argue that the law is unrealistic and fails to help sex workers in distress.
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🧑🏼 Philip has been part of the reporter team since the end of 2019. He grew up in Hamburg, studied journalism and political science in Dortmund, completed his traineeship at WDR, and has found a new home in Cologne. His favorite topics: political and controversial.
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