French prostitutes protest, demanding official recognition
Updated: Mar 25, 2010 4:40 AMPosted by Sarah Harlan - email
PARIS (NBC) - Protests are common in Paris, but Wednesday, a protest turned a few heads and raised a few eyebrows.
The city's sex workers marched through the streets of the french capital and demanded official recognition of their status.
Protesters chanted "you sleep with us but you vote against us."
The sex workers believe that recognition of their status would open the door to social security benefits like pensions and better health care.
While the prostitutes demanded recognition, they opposed a plan to reopen brothels, which have been outlawed since 1946.
The prostitutes said it would deny them the freedom to work on their own.
PARIS (NBC) - Protests are common in Paris, but Wednesday, a protest turned a few heads and raised a few eyebrows.
The city's sex workers marched through the streets of the french capital and demanded official recognition of their status.
Protesters chanted "you sleep with us but you vote against us."
The sex workers believe that recognition of their status would open the door to social security benefits like pensions and better health care.
While the prostitutes demanded recognition, they opposed a plan to reopen brothels, which have been outlawed since 1946.
The prostitutes said it would deny them the freedom to work on their own.
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