I'm not sure that a stripper with a "free lance" would really do it for me.

When I read the title stripper and free Lance, I thought "Lance Armstrong is now a stripper? Holy smokes!"

It always strikes me as odd that we Dutchies have always been frowned upon for having legalized prostitutes... The hookers in the windows in Amsterdam and so on, whereas you Americans have strip clubs at every corner of the street, strip-o-grams, topless-waitress restaurants, a booming porn industry, and one of the highest porn-watch-rates across the world.
Then we Dutchies get this reputation concerning sex Doesn't make sense to me...

I'd find the normalcy with which you regard all that far more of a threat to a relationship than legalized prostitutes that no man in a good relationship would go to.

It always strikes me as odd that we Dutchies have always been frowned upon for having legalized prostitutes... The hookers in the windows in Amsterdam and so on, whereas you Americans have strip clubs at every corner of the street, strip-o-grams, topless-waitress restaurants, a booming porn industry, and one of the highest porn-watch-rates across the world.
Then we Dutchies get this reputation concerning sex Doesn't make sense to me...

I'd find the normalcy with which you regard all that far more of a threat to a relationship than legalized prostitutes that no man in a good relationship would go to.

It always strikes me as odd that we Dutchies have always been frowned upon for having legalized prostitutes... The hookers in the windows in Amsterdam and so on, whereas you Americans have strip clubs at every corner of the street, strip-o-grams, topless-waitress restaurants, a booming porn industry, and one of the highest porn-watch-rates across the world.
Then we Dutchies get this reputation concerning sex Doesn't make sense to me...

I'd find the normalcy with which you regard all that far more of a threat to a relationship than legalized prostitutes that no man in a good relationship would go to.

That doesn't make sense to me either Crystal.

I didn't know Dutchies had legalized prostitution. It makes me wonder if they were to legalize it here if it would cut down on the porn industry? Or change how some of these men view women, I imagine it would be with a little more respect, rather than something to gawk at. Interesting!

It baffles me to crystal, you see the hypocrisy in some of the threads on here, the threads that mention even a small bit of sex or something are looked at up in the thousands and a subject that is political or religious is very low comparison. yet many on here preach morality
The only problem with prostitution for me is if they are trafficked or pimps are involved.
I love Amsterdam, and the Netherlands. will be there in September

Yeah, hypocrisy at best sometimes, haha.
If you want, maybe we can grab a coffee somewhere when you come over? Just friends of course, I mean, I got a man and very happy with him too! But could be nice to meet and have a chat, depending on where and when of course, and provided you're up for it.

Yes, that would be cool. Will arrange something.
A thought came to me when I saw 'blondy 'in another thread. she is from new Zealand. It must have been named by the Dutch?

Yes, been like that for quite some time over here, not exactly sure how long, but over a decade, prolly closer to 2 decades.
Prostitutes pay taxes like everybody else. I'm not sure if they have to pay VAT (sales tax) as they are regarded as 'own company' or not. I do remember there was talk of that when they first changed this, but cannot remember for sure.

As for our men... I have noticed Dutch men are quite different from most others.
Apparently Dutch men are called "Metero men" or "feminine men" by foreigners. I think that's a load of crap, many Dutch men are far more balanced in their masculinity, closer to being empowered. But what that means is generally not understood so it's labeled "feminine men".
Most still believe that being masculine is this macho cowboy type of guy. But such men tend to harbour a lot of imbalanced masculine and feminine energy inside, so they're not all that empowered.
For some reason or other we seem to be more ahead in the balancing act of feminine and masculine compared to most other people.

Whether legalized prostitution contributed to that, no idea. I think we are just different in general. We are generally speaking quite open about sex / sexuality. Most, not everyone, we too have a small bible belt, but they're usually the worst, just behind closed doors, lol.
But in spite of our openness, I've never heard of anyone going to a strip-club let alone going there often, or with the same idea you go out to a pub. Never heard of topless-waitress restaurants either. There's bound to be nightclubs with that 'feature' but going to a nightclub is not common practice here either.
Different people, different culture.

Oh, what was really interesting... I was reading this blog of a prostitute a while back in which she tells about her work. The things she comes across, customers she refuses and why etc. etc. Really interesting to read!
Many have a normal relationship, rent a room with a window to work from, and go home when work is done. So many of these women work solo, the girls keep an eye out for each other. Not the kind of crap you see in TV series where pimps beats the crap out of them when they don't get a new client soon enough.
Of course there is always a deeper darker scene that isn't so pretty where women are forced to sell themselves or else...
But legalizing it prolly helped a lot to stop that from happening. If it's legal, they can also take legal actions after all.
But it was very interesting to read.