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Young Greek women are selling sex for the price of a sandwich as six years of painful austerity have pushed the European country to the financial brink, a new study showed Friday.

The study, which compiled data on more than 17,000 sex workers operating in Greece, found that Greek women now dominate the country’s prostitution industry, replacing Eastern European women, and that the sex on sale in Greece is some of the cheapest on offer in Europe.

“Some women just do it for a cheese pie, or a sandwich they need to eat because they are hungry,” Gregory Laxos, a sociology professor at the Panteion University in Athens, told the London Times newspaper. “Others [do it] to pay taxes, bills, for urgent expenses or a quick [drug] fix,” said Laxos, who conducted the three-year study.

When the economic crisis began in Greece, the going rate for sex with a prostitute was 50 euros ($53), the London newspaper quoted Laxos as saying. Now, it’s fallen to as low as two euros ($2.12) for a 30-minute session.

He said his wide-ranging study showed that the number of desperate young women — the ones offering the cheapest sex — appeared to be on the rise. “It doesn’t look like these numbers will fade,” he told the Times. “Rather they are growing at a steady and consistent pace.”

Prostitution is legal in Greece. The study showed that most of the Greek women just coming into prostitution are between the ages of 17 and 20.

The study comes after a shocking report last month of an unemployed Greek mother pimping her 12-year-old daughter to a priest and a retired man for money.

Washington Post

What happened to European food assistance and food banks? One would assume that this is a result of drug addiction or are there really places in Greece where the situation has deteriorated so badly?

And the worst thing is that there is no end in sight.

 

[TrumanBurbank]

 

[todd360]

Has Μαύρη Παρασκευή gone too far?

 

[Cryxo93]

Haha! Oh GAF. First post, as ever.

 

[Azih]

These are some really really terrible first posts.

 

[Tregard]

The study comes after a shocking report last month of an unemployed Greek mother pimping her 12-year-old daughter to a priest and a retired man for money.

Yikes

 

[Count Dookkake]

lol, poor people.

 

[Chariot]

Holy shit, that first post smh

 

[InfiniteBento]

Because people being so desperate for money or food that they've reduced themselves to this point is hilarious, guys.

Okay.

 

[SolarPowered]

This is why we can't have nice things memes.

Prostitution is legal in Greece. The study showed that most of the Greek women just coming into prostitution are between the ages of 17 and 20.

Oh, I didn't know this. Making it illegal surely wouldn't stop them from doing this when times are so rough, though. Can't wait for people to blame legalized prostitution instead of crippling cuts and government policy,

 

[Tinfoilhatsron]

WTF bro? Did you literally just read the Thread title and post? Worst first post this year.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Okay that first post fucking sucks. This article is about women too poor, too desperate and too disenfranchised to feel like they have any other choice.

 

[ICKE]

These are some really really terrible first posts.

I think we all knew that was going to happen at some point, better get it out the way instantly.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

Yeah, not funny.

 

[Eos]

Jeez that's depressing.

 

[Good Job Bob]

Austerity.

 

[Tinfoilhatsron]

I think we all knew that was going to happen at some point, better get it out the way instantly.

Probably just read only the thread title and not the OP. Like at all. A problem that GAF has.



Hopefully.

 

[Corronchilejano]

That is fucked up. Specially those rates, it's like they're pretty much sex slaves.

 

[Hey Dude]

Because people being so desperate for money or food that they've reduced themselves to this point is hilarious, guys.

Okay.

I think it's because liberals for the most part dont look at prostitution as a bad thing. Its just another job.

 

[Jacobi]

Greek-GAF, is it really that bad?

 

[Camwi]

So you're saying you're into 12 year old prostitutes, huh?

 

[Shuggananas]

I think it's because liberals for the most part dont look at prostitution as a bad thing. Its just another job.

Well sex work is an okay job, the problem is exploitation of women, that's another issue

 

[themagicalkitsune]

Wait wtf I'm greek. Why have I never heard of that

 

[fader]

um... this is a really fucked up situation to be jokingly GAFing about it.

 

[Into]

Depressing, and its likely going to get worse

 

[Stat Flow]

Goddamn, I died laughing.

 

[Nugg]

I think it's because liberals for the most part dont look at prostitution as a bad thing. Its just another job.

When you have literally no other choice and you're forced to do it so you don't die, it's not just another job.

 

[Cerium]

I'm not sure that stigmatizing prostitution does any favors to the prostitutes.

 

[Tregard]

This is why we can't have nice things memes.

Oh, I didn't know this. Making it illegal surely wouldn't stop them from doing this when times are so rough, though. Can't wait for people to blame that instead of crippling cuts and government policy,

Yeah I was about to ask if it's legal or illegal, because 17'000 people is a huge survey size for something people can't legally say they are.

I suppose they could try restricting it? IDK, this seems like a problem with no solution where outside help isn't adequate.

 

[SolarPowered]

Yeah I was about to ask if it's legal or illegal, because 17'000 people is a huge survey size for something people can't legally say they are.

I suppose they could try restricting it? IDK, this seems like a problem with no solution where outside help isn't adequate.

I can't even begin to imagine a long term solution coming from the Greek government on it's own.

So you're saying you're into 12 year old prostitutes, huh?

...

Just a wee bit overboard? It was a dumb post, but we don't need to label him a pedo.

 

[InfiniteBento]

Probably just read only the thread title and not the OP. Like at all. A problem that GAF has.



Hopefully.

Its worse that drive by shit posting, especially with subjects like this, is just funny and acceptable. Its disgusting.

 

[Corronchilejano]

I think it's because liberals for the most part dont look at prostitution as a bad thing. Its just another job.

Where's this come from?

 

[Future]

Yeah this isn't just women doing sex work because they want to, but because they have to. To eat a sandwich.

Hard to believe 3 euro price tags though. Feel like the article might be a bit sensationalist.

 

[Shuggananas]

When you have literally no other choice and you're forced to do it so you don't die, it's not just another job.

A lot of people prostitute themselves because they can't do anything else though. That's not just happening in Greece

 

[DeaviL]

I genuinely don't know how we could ever help Greece get on top of it again.

Depending how you feel about it though, prostitution is easy money though.
Well, if it earned you more than a damn sandwich.

So you're saying you're into 12 year old prostitutes, huh?

You know.
Inappropriate responses might be annoying, but at least they're not as petty as this.

 

[ElTorro]

Now, it’s fallen to as low as two euros ($2.12) for a 30-minute session.

The study comes after a shocking report last month of an unemployed Greek mother pimping her 12-year-old daughter to a priest and a retired man for money.

What the fuck.

 

[ICKE]

Yeah I was about to ask if it's legal or illegal, because 17'000 people is a huge survey size for something people can't legally say they are.

I suppose they could try restricting it? IDK, this seems like a problem with no solution where outside help isn't adequate.

I'm somewhat against legalizing prostitution, because in most cases it is exploitative. Most women would not sell intimacy and their bodies to a bunch of unknown people unless they absolutely have to.

When you do it in order to survive, then it is almost at the level of sexual slavery. We should live in a society where women don't have to reduce themselves to this fucking nonsense.

 

[SalvaPot]

Come on now, OP went for the title when posting the picture.

But yeah the mother pimping her daughter is fucking nasty, if she is that desperate why not do it herself? She is ruining the life of her child.

 

[Africanus]

I expected an off color joke, but not that disgusting.

It's tragic how these women were failed by their state and the EU at large.

 

[jimbobsmells]

So you're saying you're into 12 year old prostitutes, huh?

Bloody hell, come on guys lighten up.
http://www.wikihow.com/Have-a-Sense-of-Humor

 

[SoundLad]

I was going to say something along the lines of "If prostitution is legal there, then this shouldn't be exactly shady blah blah blah..." but it turns out that isn't the case:

There are currently an estimated 20,000 prostitutes in Greece (according to EKKE) of which fewer than 1,000 are legally registered.

Because although street prostitution is illegal in Greece, sex work is technically not. (Although it’s not considered a profession and workers don’t have any kind of protection from labour laws).

from this article

 

[CO_Andy]

so what happens to homeless males?

 

[Violet_0]

selling your body for 2 euros is ridicules. I mean, I think 50 euros is ridicules too, but this is extreme

 

[Tinfoilhatsron]

Its worse that drive by shit posting, especially with subjects like this, is just funny and acceptable. Its disgusting.

Like another poster said, these posters are probably thinking about the sex workers nearby them as they live in cities most likely. Or like craiglist ads or something. Those women do it by choice so those posters probably thought the same thing. I mean best case scenario.

I also think you'll have a lot more support with how wrong that was. It's true that it's disgusting.

 

[jon bones]

this is in incredibly shitty taste

 

[John Kowalski]

we really need to give sex workers proper rights for fuck's sake

 

[AuthenticM]

The first post is obviously going for the thread title. Come on, people.

 

[Camwi]

You know.
Inappropriate responses might be annoying, but at least they're not as petty as this.

Bloody hell, come on guys lighten up.
http://www.wikihow.com/Have-a-Sense-of-Humor

lol @ being more offended by my post.

How do you guys know I'm not joking? Lighten up guys, this subject is HILARIOUS.

 

[ElTorro]

But yeah the mother pimping her daughter is fucking nasty, if she is that desperate why not do it herself? She is ruining the life of her child.

It's obviously an extreme outlier. You can find such cases probably in every country. I wouldn't be surprised to see reports of "parents" in other country who do the same to buy drugs, etc.

 

[Chariot]

we really need to give sex workers proper rights for fuck's sake

I think in this case it's the greek economy that needs priority. This is just a symptom of the shitty situation. We forgot about all the terror, but Greece is still in shitty economic waters.