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What Dom said is true, but also, whomever wrote that story really needs to get their facts straight.
Prostitution has been legal in Germany for _many_ years.
Maybe it wasen't carried by the job assistence centers, but i know for a fact it had been a legalised profession for quite some time prior to 1983, which was when i was first stationed in germany.
The girls had to have a "green" card, that showed they had been checked by a doctor for general health, and STD's which had to be updated at least every 2 weeks if i remember correctly.
Hell we all had classes on it in reception station upon arriving in germany, on _if_ a person chose to make use of their services, what to ask for/look for.
The cathouses were usualy some of the best clubs to go to anyway, whether you decided to "partake" or not.
It was even unofficially encouraged to some extant, and was pointed out to us that at least the "ladies" had regular health checkups, and yo unever knew where the gals on the street you might pickup had been.
Sorry if that offends any of our ladies here, just relaying what we were told at the time.
Also, while there were some peopel who did look down upon it as a profession, by and large, the vast majority of Germans that I had contact with simply viewed it as that particular person choice for a job, and had no moral delimmas with it.
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