The Netherlands, a place that countless people yearn for, is strategically located, small but complete, and is known as the freest country in the world. The Netherlands has a highly developed economy, one of the best in Europe, and its per capita GDP is among the highest in the world. Its territory is almost entirely lowland, so it is also known as the "lowland country".
The Netherlands covers a total area of 41,528 square kilometers, and if you compare it with China, China can be called a "giant". Although small, the Netherlands was once the hegemon of the seas and the modern "capital of sexual desire".
Whenever the Netherlands is mentioned, people's first reaction is always to think of the Dutch windmill, thinking that the Netherlands is like a pure and beautiful fairy. As everyone knows, under the bright appearance, there is a dirty heart hidden.
The name "City of Sexual Desire" is obviously more of a concern than the title of "LowLand Country".
Why is the Netherlands known as the "Capital of Sexuality"? Due to the Seaside location in the Netherlands, the maritime industry is well developed. Due to the peculiarities of the navigation industry, the crew is all male, often sailing at sea, and the living conditions at sea are also very difficult and simple.
The crew lived every day like a year, and they were facing an endless sea. As soon as the ship came ashore, they desperately needed to find an outlet for their long-suppressed sexual desires.
Because the crew is usually generous, so there are more and more services to meet the needs of men, brothels, sexual goods, red light districts and other places are open everywhere, gradually from small scale to large scale, the types of services are also diverse.
At the beginning of the 21st century, the Netherlands officially declared "sex trafficking" to be legal, and a large number of formal sex workers began to appear. Here, as long as there are people with sexual needs, they never have to sneak into black box transactions, and people can choose sexual partners at will and conduct legal transactions. In the process of sex trafficking, it is inevitable that the gun will go off, which will lead to a significant increase in the proportion of women pregnant.
In many countries, it is illegal for women to have abortions without permission, but in the Netherlands, it is in accordance with the law to have abortions by women without permission, adhering to their principle of the supremacy of liberty. The Dutch government allows sex trafficking, abortion, drugs, same-sex marriage and a range of other behaviors, and is the most liberal country in the world.
What impact has the legalization of the sex trade had on the Netherlands? Why did the Netherlands finally choose to abandon the legalization of the sex trade?
Amsterdam's "little window"
Amsterdam, the largest city in the Netherlands, has experienced a counterattack from fishing villages to cities and is known as the "Venice of the North". Here you can see the spectacular shipping system and feel the breath of the artist Van Gogh.
It is such a city full of artistic sense, but the most memorable is amsterdam's large and small "red light district", which is a paradise for men.
It's called the "Red Light District" because it's made up of hundreds of small windows, and when night falls, the red letters on the windows will light up, and you will be greeted by all kinds of beautiful women in the window, who sit on chairs and fiddle with various movements in order to attract male guests to trade in sex.
De Warren is Amsterdam's most famous "red light district", where sex goods, sex museums and cannabis museums can be found everywhere, and you can see a wide variety of prostitutes, who have set up different levels and types, and if you want, you are sure to find the right one. Despite this, prostitutes were not looked at differently, and each prostitute enjoyed the protection of national law.
In the "red light district", prostitutes can earn money by renting windows, and basically receiving three guests can earn back the rent of the window. Men who come here can not only trade sex through the window, but also watch live performances in the live show, and the content of the performances is mainly yellow violence.
In addition, in the center of Amsterdam, there is a museum. The museum displays the daily life of prostitutes and their daily necessities, as well as statues and works of the goddess Marilyn Monroe, whom we are known for.
Because of the legality of the sex trade, sex is rife in the streets of Amsterdam. But who could have predicted that Holland, still indulging in the gentle countryside, began to move from dawn to darkness.
"The City of Sexual Desire"
With the development of ancient civilizations, the sex trade was considered an ugly and vulgar phenomenon, an act prohibited by most countries. But the Netherlands is different, and the reason why the Netherlands can obtain the title of "City of Sexual Desire" is inseparable from the education of other countries.
In the Netherlands, children of all ages are given sexual knowledge and taught how to protect sex. Because the Dutch people are very tolerant of sexual concepts, they never find sexual matters difficult to talk about.
Mencius mentions that "food color, sex also", appetite and sexual desire are human nature. Quite simply, from Maslow's theory of needs, it can be seen that physiological needs are the most basic needs of human beings, and if even the most basic physiological needs cannot be met, it is impossible to achieve other levels of needs.
Therefore, the Dutch declaration of the legalization of the sex trade has a lot to do with early history, and it makes sense that it can develop to this day. At the same time, there are many countries that follow the dutch example in sex-related industries, and although the governments of these countries know that this kind of behavior is not on the line, they choose to turn a blind eye because of the huge benefits it brings.
The Netherlands proposed a draft legalizing the sex trade in 1999 and formally implemented it in 2000. At the same time as clearly indicating the legality of sex, it has also promulgated relevant regulations, practitioners should pay the same national tax as ordinary office workers, and should carry out legal business in accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations, and must not destroy social order and cause social disorder.
Here, sex workers are also protected by law and enjoy medical insurance accordingly, and all slaves who sign labor contracts enjoy social insurance, pension insurance, housing provident fund and other social security. The government has also equipped the business site with safety alarms, safety supplies and other tools, regularly carry out effective sanitation and disinfection of the business premises, and will also drive workers to check their bodies regularly, which makes the interests of sex workers well protected. In this way, the spread of diseases can be prevented and the government's revenues can be increased.
Window employers saw that the government's welfare benefits for people in the sex industry were getting better and better, and they were even more exploitative, and the price of window shops rose from three times to five times. This also caused dissatisfaction among practitioners, and the government stepped in to stop it.
Still, practitioners after the legalization of the sex trade have not been freed from their misery. According to the survey, sex workers have been subjected to sexual abuse and physical violence on many occasions, with the highest proportion of sexual abuse being verbal violence. Since the Dutch sex was legal, the total GDP of the Netherlands has increased year by year, and even the incurable economic problems have been solved.
The promulgation of the policy not only brought many benefits to the Netherlands, but also made the Dutch economy the leader in the European region. But what I never expected was that the disaster would come so quickly.
Darkness after dawn
Since the sex trade became a legal profession, prostitutes sat on the ground and charged 3 times more than the original price, so that they could earn back their rent in one night. It is a considerable economic income for prostitutes and an important source of finance for the Government.
In addition, the rise of the industry has also led to the development of many related industries, such as the vigorous development of projects such as the tourism industry, the hotel industry and the catering industry, which has solved the employment problems of many local people.
It was precisely because the Dutch government saw these benefits that it introduced a legal policy on the sex trade. After the implementation of the policy, the Netherlands did gain great benefits in the short term and let other countries learn from them as well.
Germany saw that the situation in the Netherlands was very good, and immediately followed suit, introducing a new legal policy. As a result, Germany has received huge revenues, and tourism has even become an important source of the German economy.
In Germany, they believed that the sex trade was free and that adults had the right to decide for themselves to preserve their dignity and sexual freedom. Therefore, the threshold for engaging in the sex industry in Germany is extremely low, no academic qualifications are required, and whether or not to engage in sex work depends entirely on oneself.
Therefore, when Germany declared the sex trade legal, a large number of sex workers rushed up, which led to internal competition in the sex industry, the quality of service, the decline in the starting price of the land and other issues. Soon, the Germans paid a terrible price for their reckless behavior.
At the same time, the Netherlands was in chaos, and after the short-lived benefits of the legalization of the trade, more and more problems began to surface.
The increasing frenzy of prostitutes, the illegal resale of drugs, and the evasion of taxes have caused extremely serious social problems.
A major factor in the overthrow of the sexual legality policy was the use of sexual legalization by local employers to engage in human trafficking, most of whom were trafficked from abroad, not voluntarily, resulting in the Netherlands being often subject to litigation in other countries.
According to EU data, the Netherlands trafficked nearly 100,000 people every year to engage in the sex industry, which was a terrible phenomenon at the time.
At the same time, a more serious problem has emerged. In the Netherlands, the government allows cannabis to enter the market, but giant drugs such as heroin and methamphetamine are prohibited from entering the market.
But with the legalization of the drug trade, many drug dealers have taken the opportunity to conduct a giant drug trade in secret. This situation is intensifying in the Netherlands, where the drug problem caused by the legalization of the sex trade has left the government racking its brains and failing to come up with a countermeasure.
Despite the brief success of the legalization of the sex trade in the Netherlands, the negative effects of this have turned the entire image of the Netherlands into a shit, which has affected not only one generation, but also their children and grandchildren.
Whatever the purpose, the Netherlands' recognition of the legalization of the sex trade was wrong and unforgivable. This tells us not to be fooled by a little fly-head profit in our hands, and if we want to become strong, we should do things down-to-earth.
Strict crackdown on sexual trading is not only what the state has to do, but more importantly, the responsibility of each of our citizens! Freedom does not mean that there is no bottom line, whether it is an individual or a country, it must have its own bottom line!