German students not shy of sex work

BERLIN – One in three university students in the German capital would consider sex work as a means to finance their education…

BERLIN – One in three university students in the German capital would consider sex work as a means to finance their education, a study from the Berlin Studies Centre said yesterday.

The figure in Berlin, where prostitution is legal, was higher than students surveyed in Paris (29.2 per cent) and in Kiev (18.5 per cent), the three cities the report looked at.

The study found some 4 per cent of the 3,200 Berlin students surveyed said they had already done some form of sex work, which includes prostitution, erotic dancing and internet shows.

The number of men who said they would consider sex work was about equal to the number of woman, the study found. – (Reuters)