Go Inside The World’s Red-Light Districts In 35 Striking Photos
2022-11-22
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Red-light districts are city neighborhoods with a high concentration of sex work. These unique worlds exist all over the globe — and each has their own unique history.
Such neighborhoods where sex work is popular and concentrated, are common in many urban settings. So-named for the red lights signaling sex work in storefront windows, red-light districts exist in cities from Thailand to .....
What It’s Like Being an Escort in Singapore
2021-01-05
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After Singapore’s lockdown period ended in June, sex workers are going back to work, same as everyone else.
A few decades ago, anyone who wanted to hire a female escort in Singapore would pull a number from the phone book and schedule an appointment in a nondescript office. An agent would sit the client down with a photo album, and ask them to pick from photos of the women catalogued i .....
Red lights out: Singapore's sex industry shuts due to coronavirus
2020-03-28
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Singapore closed bars, nightclubs and cinemas from Friday until the end of April in an effort to contain a sharp rise in coronavirus cases.
Although the announcement made no mention of the government-sanctioned brothels in Geylang, pimps and sex workers said they were passed the message that they too would need to close shop. .....