Hard on ladies of the night
The French government is cracking down on prostitution
“YOU sleep with us! You vote against us! Six months in prison for a smile! Gigolo Sarkozy: you're giving the fascists a hard-on!” As exponents of street politics, at least some of France's prostitutes, demonstrating by the hundreds outside the Senate this week, have a way with words. But do they also have a case?
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Hard on ladies of the night”
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