Prostitution is legalized and regulated in numerous European countries, such as Austria and Germany for example. However, the recent Coronavirus epidemic has shaken the foundation of legal prostitution and in a way changed it forever. As a result of the spread of the Coronavirus, many different legal measures had to be taken to slow down the rate at which people are getting infected.
Restrictions and new laws have been introduced all around the world to fight this virus and the prostitution scene is feeling these effects more than others. For example, recently the German association for erotic and sexual services has introduced a new hygiene concept that has been put into motion because of the COVID-19 disease. To learn everything there is to know about this German hygiene concept for erotic services, be sure to read the rest of the post!
Hygiene concept for sex workers meeting in apartments
Those sex workers who wish to either meet with clients in their own private apartments or other similar places have to follow certain guidelines. For example, clients are only allowed to visit the ladies if they have an appointment. The rooms need to have disposable towels, hand disinfectants and liquid soap available. The ladies are required to clean and disinfect the rooms before each meeting. The clients have to be notified on phone or by email about the necessary measures that need to be taken.
Once the suitor arrives, the ladies aren’t allowed to welcome the clients with a hug, kiss or even hand-shake. The clients have to disinfect their hands and take a shower. Additionally, both parties have to wear face masks throughout the session and the sex workers are not allowed to offer oral or any face-to-face services. Sex without protection is strictly prohibited. Bodily fluids and condoms need to be disposed in a waste bag that should be readied beforehand.
After the session, the client and the sex worker both have to take a shower. The clothes that were used need to be washed thoroughly and the client has to be notified that he should wash the clothes too when he gets home. When the suitor leaves, the ladies have to ventilate the room for at least 10 minutes, change and disinfect the bed sheets and towels that were used and remove any waste from the room. All contact surfaces (shelves, doorknobs, chairs, etc.) and sex toys need to be cleaned and disinfected. The ladies also have to keep the customer contact data for up to 4 weeks in order to be able to trace back infection chains.
Hygiene concept for escort ladies
Much like for women who want to work from private apartments, ladies who wish to work as escorts also have to follow a certain set of rules. Escort work should also only be carried out by appointment and the contact data needs to be kept for 4 weeks. The clients need to be notified about the necessary measures beforehand and they need to also be made aware that the ladies are offering limited services. This means that all sexual services need to be carried out with a mask and that the ladies are not allowed to offer face-to-face or oral services.
Escort ladies are not allowed to hug or kiss the clients upon arrival. The ladies are required to disinfect their hands when they arrive and keep their face masks on. Before the session, the ladies, as well as the client need to take a shower. Additionally, another shower is necessary once the session has been finished. Bodily fluids and condoms need to be disposed of in a waste bag and the clothes that were worn are required to be thoroughly washed.
Once the session is over and the escort lady has left, the room needs to be disinfected and ventilated for at least 10 minutes. The bed sheets and towels that were used need to be changed and clean ones put in their place.
Hygiene concept for street working girls
Girls who wish to work on the streets are also required to follow the rules set by this new German hygiene concept. The women are required to always bring with themselves several face masks, a couple of bottles of hand disinfectants, multiple smaller waste bags and pieces of paper on which they can record the customer contact information, which is necessary for them too. The women are no longer allowed to lean into the vehicle and they should instead have the conversation outside of the car. Street sex workers also need to notify their clients of the limited offer of services.
Women who work on the street can only initiate the conversation on the street; all services must be performed indoors. This could mean vehicles or in rooms that are rented on an hourly basis. In case a room is used, all rules that apply to sexual service offering in apartments apply here too. During the session, only two people can be present in the room or vehicle and both parties must wear face masks. Women who work on the streets are not allowed to offer oral or kissing services either.
After the session, the client and the sex worker both have to disinfect their hands and dispose of any waste. In case the service took place in a vehicle, it should be ventilated for at least 10 minutes.
Conclusion
The hygiene concept that was introduced in Germany shows how much the Coronavirus is able to change the whole prostitution scene. This new law only affects Germany, which seems to be going into a very restrictive prostitution future.
There are currently no similar laws in effect in Austria, which generally seems to be more liberal about prostitution these days. Even though in Vienna brothels are still not allowed to open for business, the women have been allowed to start going on health checks from May 20th. According to officials, Viennese brothels will be open again from July 1st. Be sure to check our blog regularly in order to find out about the latest news regarding the sex scene in general and the Vienna sex news in particular.
