My thoughts on…Amsterdam’s tribute to prostitutes
Amsterdam, the stoner and john capital of the world (no wonder the Dutch are such a mellow people). You’d think that it couldn’t get any more liberal…until now. Amsterdam’s Red Light District now features a statue in honor of prostitutes, sculpted by a former prostitute. Guess it takes one to sculpt one. The statue is meant to show respect to the ladies of the night. Yeah, good luck with that. I don’t think prostitute will rank up there with doctor, lawyer, accountant or other notable professions. I can see it now. “Mommy, Daddy. I wanna be a prostitute when I grow up. It’s something I enjoy and it’s something I’m really good at.”
The statue, named Belle, features a full-breasted woman (what else?) feet apart and standing at a doorway, undoubtedly waiting for her next customer. And it stands in front of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam’s oldest church. Makes sense, because Christianity and whoredom obviously mix. Belle is fortified with steel to prevent humping vandalism, and perched on a pedestal to prevent jacking off peeing. Hours before its unveiling, an old woman attacked Mariska Majoor, the woman that commissioned its design because she was unhappy about it being so close to her home. Guess she was affraid that people would come knocking asking to borrow some brown sugar, and no, not the one that fits in a cup. One question: Are they friggin’ high? No. wait…
Only in Amsterdam…
Ur hilarious.
Next Amsterdam should put up a statute of all the Japanese fellas oogling at the prostitutes…
I have no ambitions to become a prostitute due to disease and my dislike of most males when they are trying to score, but I do understand why it has to be recognized. In a way we all are prostitutes at one time or another–we just don’t use sex as our commodity.
Wow, what tribute. Only in Amsterdam Leon. only in Amsterdam.
I happen to be very fond of prostitutes, Leon. They tend to be very forthright women, and I find that a refreshing deviation from the norm… I also find the statue pleasing to the eye, I say ‘good job!’
I guess somebody got to give them props lol. Amsterdam is a strange place and why place it outside a church
a friend once told me that i’m a pimp in hoe’s clothing…sounds like the place for me…
Interesting..prolly as recognition for all they bring to the economy