Many friends have heard that there is a "one floor and one phoenix" (a house with a woman selling her hue) in Hong Kong, and it is not a crime or a crime, so some friends will misunderstand and mistakenly think that the sex industry is legal in Hong Kong.
A phoenix on the first floor of Hong Kong (photo taken online)
Actually, this is a big misunderstanding.
In fact, the sex industry is "illegal" in Hong Kong.
Why?
Because "legalization" and "decriminalization" are not the same concept, their differences are as follows:
"Legalization of the sex industry": The government recognizes the sex industry as a legal industry, requires the registration of a company or sole proprietorship, and requires that taxes must be paid in accordance with the law.
"Decriminalization of the sex industry": The government does not recognize the sex industry as a legal industry, and it does not allow you to register a company and does not require you to pay taxes, but the government does not interfere with women as individual citizens who sell their sex in their homes.
Hong Kong is the latter.
Therefore, the Hong Kong government's attitude towards the sale of sex by individual women in their own residences is "decriminalization", not "legalization", which is the truth.
Truth number two
The first floor and one phoenix are the product of circumvention of the law
So, since Hong Kong does not recognize the sex industry, how did the "one floor and one phoenix" come about in Hong Kong?
It turns out that the "one floor and one phoenix" was not deliberately created by the Hong Kong government, on the contrary, the "one floor and one phoenix" turned out to be the product of those who betrayed their hues to circumvent Hong Kong laws.
What do you mean by that?
It turned out that as early as the late 1980s, in order to suppress the rampant underground brothels, underground massage parlors, and underground pornographic establishments in Hong Kong at that time, Hong Kong legislation stipulated: "In a place, there is more than one person selling sex", such places are all defined as "prostitution places", and the police have the right to raid and arrest relevant persons, and transfer them to criminal courts.
So after the promulgation of this legislation, prostitutes and landlords in Hong Kong, in order to circumvent the law, so there was a "one floor and one phoenix", doesn't your law say that "more than one person" is considered a prostitution establishment? Okay, then I take advantage of your loopholes and break it into pieces, and I will continue to sell my hue by myself and in a house alone, and I will continue to sell my hue, what can you do with me?
As a result, there is a "one floor and one phoenix" in Hong Kong.
In other words, the so-called "one floor and one phoenix" is not recognized by the Hong Kong government's legislation, or deliberately made, on the contrary, Hong Kong's legislation (more than one person sells his lust in places must be cracked down) was originally intended to suppress brothels, but unexpectedly, by cunning prostitutes and landlords, took advantage of the loopholes in the law, and made it into "one floor and one phoenix", there is only one prostitute in a place, which perfectly circumvents the law, and the police in Hong Kong look at it and stare dryly, and there is no way at all.
There are always people who want to harm me, and since ancient times, the people at the bottom have really racked their brains in order to exploit the loopholes of the king's law.
Truth 3
The first floor and one phoenix are based on the British model
Well, reading this, you may have another question: Why is Hong Kong's legislation so strange? Why does it stipulate that "more than one person in a place sells his or her hue" in order to be considered a crime? When the law was first enacted, it was directly stipulated: "Even if there is only one person in a place who engages in prostitution, it is considered a crime."
The answer to this question is this: it turns out that the 1980s was the "Hong Kong and British era", the era when the British governed Hong Kong, and the legislation of Hong Kong at that time, in many ways, was based on the British model.
Yes, you read that right, in fact, in the United Kingdom, there is also "one floor and one phoenix", and until today's Britain, it is still the case: only one woman sells her hue in a place, and the law does not care, more than one person (two or more people) is defined as a "brothel" or "pornographic place", according to British law, it is a crime, and the police have to arrest it.
Yes, when I was in the British era in Hong Kong, the way of thinking of the members of the Hong Kong Legislative Council was greatly influenced by the British, so in fact, Hong Kong's legislation was based on the British.
So let's simply break the casserole and ask, in the end, why is the legislation of the British so strange?
It turns out that the British are well-known for their "liberal" ideological tendency, believing that the state and the government can ignore as much as possible, so for individual women to sell their lust in their own places, the British believe that it is human rights, and public power should not interfere, but for organized prostitution groups, it must be cracked down, because the experience of Europe in the past few decades shows that allowing prostitution to develop and grow will lead to "human trafficking" (human trafficking), forced prostitution, sex slavery, Manipulating women for profit and other crimes, therefore, Britain wants to prohibit the growth of prostitution, but also to restrain public power and not interfere with women's freedom excessively, so the British compromised and took a middle route: you can do whatever you like in your own home, but as long as there are two or more women who sell their lust in the same place, then even if it is a "brothel", you will be punished.
Truth 4
Who are the prostitutes in Hong Kong?
So, who are the women who work as "one floor and one phoenix" in Hong Kong, and where do they all come from?
Hong Kong has a non-profit organization called "Wisteria", which has done a survey, and the results show that 80% of those engaged in the "one floor and one phoenix" skin and meat business in Hong Kong are women from Chinese mainland, and 20% are women from Hong Kong, Ukraine, Vietnam, Indonesia and other countries.
Among them, the 80% of Chinese mainland women, most of whom entered Hong Kong with a 7-day travel visa, and a few obtained long-term residency rights in Hong Kong by "fake marriage" with Hong Kong men.
For example, a mainland woman, Ah Hong, inquired that she could earn 50 to 1 million yuan a year as a "first-floor and one-phoenix" in Hong Kong, so she "married" a single old man in Hong Kong through the introduction of the snakehead, that is, she went to the Hong Kong Marriage Registry to register her marriage, and then Ah Hong paid the snake head 50,000 yuan in introduction fees, and paid another 50,000 yuan to Lao Wang, and then Ah Hong could legally live in Hong Kong for a long time, and she rented a house and began to do "one floor and one phoenix."
Truth Five
In fact, Hong Kong also cracks down on pornography
Many friends may mistakenly think that since it is not a crime to be "one floor and one phoenix" in Hong Kong, then there is no such thing as "anti-pornography" in Hong Kong.
Actually, it's not like that.
The facts are interesting: in fact, Hong Kong is also anti-pornography.
Hong Kong's anti-pornography campaign
Yes, the Hong Kong police will also crack down on pornography from time to time, but the Hong Kong police's anti-pornography is based on the legal provisions on "conditions of stay" in the "Immigration Ordinance".
It turns out that according to Hong Kong law, if a mainland woman enters Hong Kong with a 7-day valid travel endorsement, her behavior must be "in line with the identity of a tourist" and cannot "engage in an act inconsistent with the identity of a tourist".
This is the legal basis for the Hong Kong police to carry out anti-pornography activities from time to time.
And that's not even the most interesting, there's even more interesting:
Hong Kong also has such a law, which stipulates that "instigating others in a public place for immoral purposes" is a criminal act, so Hong Kong policewomen sometimes "fish for law enforcement" At this time, the female policeman showed her police card, and her male colleague suddenly rushed up from all directions and immediately arrested you.
Therefore, fellow male compatriots, remember the pit of Hong Kong, and when you go to Hong Kong one day, you must not do immoral things.
A phoenix on the first floor of Hong Kong (photo taken online)
Truth 6
Why doesn't Hong Kong legislate to ban one floor and one phoenix?
Okay, let's ask another question: since everyone is not used to looking down on "one floor and one phoenix", then, now that Hong Kong has long since returned to the motherland, the Hong Kong Legislative Council has enacted a law to completely ban "one floor and one phoenix", so isn't it okay?
The answer to this question is a bit subtle.
Why didn't Hong Kong's Legislative Council enact legislation to ban "one floor and one phoenix"?
One reason for this: there are no victims.
Yes, although "one floor and one phoenix" is not recognized by mainstream values in Hong Kong, in fact, Hong Kong people generally believe that "one floor and one phoenix" does not have many substantial victims.
In the world we live in, there is a political common sense that a social phenomenon will not be changed if there is not enough pressure and interests to change it.
In other words, the matter of "banning one floor and one phoenix" is either social pressure is strong enough, or social interests are big enough, otherwise no one wants to change it, and the fact in Hong Kong is that there is neither social pressure nor social interests.
When it comes to Hong Kong parliamentarians, Lao Feng tells everyone an interesting fact: it turns out that the monthly allowance for Hong Kong legislators is as high as 93,000 Hong Kong dollars, in other words, as a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, you can get an allowance of 1.11 million Hong Kong dollars a year, and the treatment is very good, so in fact, almost all parliamentarians cherish their status as parliamentarians, and they are very cautious about proposals with higher risks, such as "banning a phoenix on the first floor", few parliamentarians dare to mention it, why? Because they have to take into account: press the gourd and lift the scoop, if the ban on the first floor and one phoenix, then Hong Kong society is likely to have a rise in sexual crimes, such as rape, indecency, tram idiots and other public security cases, will increase, speaking of which, by the way, in fact, this is also the reason why Hong Kong women do not object to "one floor and one phoenix", because they all know: prostitutes are actually indirectly "protecting" ordinary female citizens.
Therefore, Hong Kong's legislators will be very careful on this issue, if they accidentally mess up this matter, their performance will be negative, and they will lose the support of the people, and the next legislators will not be able to be in charge themselves, and the annual allowance of more than 1 million yuan will be wasted.
So in fact, Hong Kong's "one floor and one phoenix" is a compromise between "banning" and "prohibiting", which is a tacit understanding formed by Hong Kong society, and is also a consensus and general tacit understanding among Hong Kong legislators, which they call a "delicate balance".
Truth No. 7
Why did Hong Kong's tertiary films decline?
Many friends know that Hong Kong used to be rich in tertiary films, such as "Meat Futon", "Lamp Grass Monk", "Jade Girl Heart Sutra", etc., all of which are famous Hong Kong-made tertiary films.
But in the past ten years, Hong Kong tertiary films have gradually declined, why is this?
First of all, we have to understand what a tertiary film is.
In fact, in Hong Kong, "tertiary films" is a very broad concept, not only naked bodies are called tertiary films, bloody, violent, with indecent lines, positive promotion of triad values, propaganda of all kinds of bad thoughts, unsettling ...... and other movies, according to the severity of the plot, may be classified as "tertiary films".
Yes, many of our netizens have a misunderstanding of the concept of "tertiary films" in Hong Kong, mistakenly thinking that only those with pornographic exposure points are called tertiary films, which is inaccurate.
So, let's narrow down the definition, in fact, what we usually say about "tertiary films" actually refers to "tertiary pornography films"
Okay, so why did Hong Kong's "pornographic tertiary films" gradually decline in the past ten years?
The answer to this question is really funny, it turns out that the decline of Hong Kong's tertiary films is related to the popularity of Japanese AV and the Internet.
It turns out that after entering the 21st century, with the rise and popularity of the Internet, for Hong Kong otaku, Japanese AV online download and paid viewing, cheaper, more exciting films, and more convenient, so, in the new century, Hong Kong's tertiary films, no matter how they are shot, are difficult to sell again, because you really can't compete with the Japanese.