Switzerland has introduced drive-in sex boxes to the city of Zurich. HeadTopics reports that Nine garage-style wooden structures have been erected (no pun intended) in a bid to make prostitution safer for the workers and clients. The plans for the ‘sex boxes’ were passed in November after being voted for by locals in a referendum.
Customers will have to pass a checkpoint before entering, which opens at 5am every day, and then follow a marked route to 40 prostitutes. Here they shall select a worker, negotiate a fee and after drive into one of the wooden sheds.The sex workers must purchase a ‘work ticket’ every night, costing around €4.50, which enables them to participate in the safer sex work scheme.
Meanwhile prostitution is again rampant all across California. In January, the state’s Safer Streets for All Act took effect. Gov. Gavin Newsom said the bill, which made loitering for the purpose of prostitution no longer a crime, was designed to prohibit police officers from confronting and arresting trans women and women of colour walking the streets.
“To be clear, this bill does not legalize prostitution,” Newsom said of the bill in July 2022. “It simply revokes provisions of the law that have led to disproportionate harassment of women and transgender adults.
“While I agree with the author’s intent and I am signing this legislation, we must be cautious about its implementation. My administration will monitor crime and prosecution trends for any possible unintended consequences and will act to mitigate any such impacts.”