With the third ‘act’, the nightclub operator in Graz now declares that the controversial poster campaign is over. With the campaign he never wanted to hire girl testers, but rather to show the “double standards of our society”.
“Thanks for your attention!” – This is the sentence that concludes the latest advertising poster for a nightclub in Graz. The brothel’s ‘advertising offensive’ even attracted attention far beyond the country’s borders – even the German ‘Bild’ reported in early September about the ‘scandal poster’ used to search for ‘girl testers’.
The penalty is being considered
Minister for Women Susanne Raab and Graz Mayor Elke Kahr also publicly expressed their outrage, and the city manager himself even filed a complaint against the operator twice. “The state police are currently investigating the penalties,” said LPD spokesman Fritz Grundnig, adding that he assumes a fine will be imposed.
“We wanted to draw attention to the grievances”
“But we were never really looking for people to test the qualifications of our employees,” explains boss Rene Wollinger. Rather, the aim was to draw attention to the prostitution profession and to initiate a discussion “about the double standards of society”. “We wanted to draw attention to the grievances: the social stigmatization, the fact that prostitutes do not have social security or pension insurance.”
It is reminiscent of the earlier shock campaign by fashion group Benetton in the 1990s. “He also created extreme provocation and wanted to point out social problems such as the exclusion of AIDS or racism.”
Safe environment for prostitutes
Wollinger also emphasizes that the women do their work in a safe environment, with security and emergency buttons in every room. This is not the case with illegal residential prostitution. This is also not the case with regular medical examinations. He is not the only one eagerly awaiting the results of the official investigation.
Source: Krone
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