The All-You-Can-Screw Buffet At Danish Brothels

categories: Human Trafficking in Europe and the Middle East, Money and Economy, Sex Trafficking and Prostitution, Trafficking in Women

Published July 23, 2009 @ 08:06AM PT

It's tough economic times all over the world, and if the all-you-can-eat buffet is the answer for the struggling restaurant industry, then why not the "all-you-can-screw" promotion in Danish brothels?

This issue recently came to the attention of an anti-trafficking organization when five Eastern European women were forced to participate in this offer at a suburban brothel outside of Copenhagen. The women were forced to perform unlimited sex acts for 900 Kroners (or $170). The organization was tipped off to the situation when a customer complained how little the women were being paid.

Prostitution, like most industries, is seeing an increase in customers looking for a bargain as unemployment rates remain high all over the world. To attract more customers and fetch a higher price, some women have had to offer to engage in acts which they refused to engage in before because they are demeaning or dangerous.

This trend of discount prostitution is frightening, because it indicates a rise in children in prostitution, women in prostitution against their will, and women being abused and controlled by pimps. As prostitution prices drop and discounts like the "all-you-can-screw" package become more popular, the few women in prostitution who control their own prices and work will be pushed out by the cheaper and likely trafficked competition. In the same way diners looking for a discount may be visiting a Golden Corral rather than a Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, prostitution customers may choose the $30 Ukrainian woman over the more expensive Dutch woman. Chances are the former is cheaper because she's not really keeping that money.

All-you-can-eat buffets may be cheap, but they're not really that good or that good for you. All discounts have a price, and prostitution is no exception.

Image from rageagainstthemachine.com

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This is really disturbing. (You probably hear that a lot!)

Posted by Leigh Graham on 07/23/2009 @ 12:34PM PT
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This is so SICK. I work in anti-trafficking and I've never seen this (and to think that some people believe these women CHOSE this)

Posted by T D on 07/23/2009 @ 01:34PM PT
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Even by the standards of the stuff you bring to light, Amanda, this one kinda freaks me out. I despair for humanity.

Posted by Slim Chance on 07/24/2009 @ 04:33AM PT
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Might be a reason for legalization and some regulation. Of course non-repression of sexual expression by society in general via dogmatic religious laws and social conventions might reduce it's prevalence.

Posted by Charles Gillard on 07/27/2009 @ 09:26AM PT
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This reminds me of the Diner's Club debacle. Discount women, payment plans for women. When do women (and children) get to be treated like humans rather than commodities? This is way beyond sad.

Posted by Romy Carver on 07/27/2009 @ 09:54AM PT
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I'm dying to link this page to my facebook account, but the picture is so dusturbing, it's preventing me.

Please is there anything you can do to change the picture? I wouldn't like to stop sharing this so interesting and worth article just beacause of it...!

Posted by Damaris Constantino on 07/30/2009 @ 05:18PM PT
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I have a Grand Child that is being trafficked right now right here in the US and I have not been able to get any authorities to even look into it properly. The state of the US is in shambles in this area. Many states do not even have trafficking laws. Hawaii is a State that promotes sex tourism with Children and does not stop trafficking even of it's own Children.

Posted by Carra Bellini PhD. (Hon) on 07/31/2009 @ 12:35PM PT
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Amanda has been a full-time abolitionist for six years. During that time, she has created reports, documentaries and training materials on human trafficking in the United States and around the world.