Prostitution cannot be contained in one small corner of the culture. Once we accept and endorse the sale of women for men’s sexual use and abuse, the ideas and practices of prostitution bleeds into all layers of society. Germany shows us how. In 2002, Germany gave state-sanctioned approval to the sex-trade and made prostitution a legal and legitimate industry in cities and towns across the land.  Researcher, writer and public speaker Elly Arrow tracks and reports on all aspects of prostitution in her homeland of Germany and around the world - and in this hour, Elly talks to Elle about what it was like to come of age as a young woman in a pro-prostitution culture, how it has affected relationships between men and women in her country, and how the normalization of prostitution has bled into other sectors - housing, employment, labor, children’s rights, local and national politics, immigration, policing and more.  We also talk about the debate that is now being had in Germany about whether to adopt the Equality Model, whether to try to rein in the 20-year prostitution industry that has exploded across the landscape - or to continue being “Europe’s brothel”. Episode Links Elly Arrow on YouTube Elly Arrow Blog Red Light Exposé The Invisible Men - Germany Contact Subject To Power  Website: https://www.subjecttopower.com/ Instagram: @subject2power X: @SubjectToPower Email us at  subjecttopower@gmail.com Credits Host: Elle Kamihira Produced by Elle Kamihira Audio Engineering by Jason Sheesley at Abridged Audio Cover Art by Bee Johnson Music by Beware of Darkness