A powerful documentary about legalized prostitution in Holland. What should be done about prostitution? We’re told it has always existed, that it is unavoidable. Society can consequently tolerate prostitution on the condition that it doesn’t become too obtrusive. Some say the solution is to legalize it, as Holland has done.
This film takes us to the very core of a system where the sale of the human body has become a business like any other. While the entrepreneurs’ profits soar, customers consume in total impunity and the State gets rich, the ‘sex laborers’ speak, but never show themselves. It is not enough to decree that prostitution is just a job like another to make it respectable. What justifies legalization? Should the Dutch example become a model for the European Union? This film removes all the masks, one by one. It shows us that beyond the majority view promoted by Holland, prostitution, even legalized, remains a form of slavery.
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Spotlight is a weekly series of investigative reports from around the world, introduced by author and Journalist Mark Hertsgaard. Mr. Hertsgaard’s latest book is “The Eagle's Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World."
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