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<blockquote data-quote="TnWatchdog" data-source="post: 66678" data-attributes="member: 3077"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ffff00">Another sex and society article...let me know JD if I am off topic here. This features the old from the oldest profession. (control yourself Blast!)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff">Louise And Martine Fokkens, Amsterdam's Oldest Prostitutes, Retiring At 70 Years Old (PHOTOS, VIDEO)</span></strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><strong>The Huffington Post</strong> | By <a href="http://paranormalis.com/ryan-grenoble" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff">Ryan Grenoble</span></a> Posted: 03/15/2013 12:32 pm EDT </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><img src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1040144/thumbs/r-LOUISE-MARTINE-FOKKENS-large570.jpg?6" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">This February, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20130226/eu-netherlands-prostitution/?utm_hp_ref=travel&ir=travel" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #6a5bff">Amsterdam raised the minimum age for prostitutes</span></span></a> from 18 to 21. For Louise and Martine Fokkens, though, it's the <em>maximum</em> age that's cause for concern.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">The 70-year-old twins are believed to be <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4839489/Amsterdam-oldest-prostitutes-twins-aged-70-announce-retirement.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #6a5bff">Amsterdam's oldest prostitutes</span></span></a>, the Sun reports. After more than 50 years on the job -- and approximately 355,000 men between them -- <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/9929561/Amsterdams-oldest-prostitutes-retire-at-70.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #6a5bff">they've decided to retire</span></span></a>.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">Practically speaking, the two have been retired for some years now, a factor of both advancing arthritis and an admitted difficulty in attracting new clients. But Martine still has a regular, and "I couldn’t give him up," <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/571036/meet-the-fokkens-twin-70-year-old-amsterdam-prostitutes-announce-retirement/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #6a5bff">she told The Inquisitr</span></span></a>. "He’s been coming to me for so long like it’s like going to church on a Sunday.”</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">After a couple years on the fence, though, the Fokkens recently finished a new book on their sexual endeavors, "The Ladies of Amsterdam," and say it's time to hang up their stockings for good.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">Given their experience, they do offer an interesting look at modern shifts in the "world's oldest profession." They believe the"golden years" of prostitution in Amsterdam came long before its legalization in 2000, a development Martine said "<a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4839489/Amsterdam-oldest-prostitutes-twins-aged-70-announce-retirement.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #6a5bff">has not improved prostitutes' lives</span></span></a>."</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">"<a href="http://www.meetthefokkens.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #6a5bff">Meet the Fokkens</span></span></a>," a documentary on the sisters, premiered in 2012. (Watch the trailer below.)</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">A New York Times review of the film concluded that <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/movies/movie-review-meet-the-fokkens-a-documentary-on-dutch-sisters.html?_r=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="color: #6a5bff">beneath the Fokkens' cheery facade</span></span></a> lies a "familiar story of poverty, male violence, lost children and a fight for independence."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ffff00">Ckick link for video and pictures...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/15/amsterdam-oldest-prostitute-retire-fokkens_n_2883367.html?1363365127" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Startling number of partners between them</span></u></a></strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TnWatchdog, post: 66678, member: 3077"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#ffff00]Another sex and society article...let me know JD if I am off topic here. This features the old from the oldest profession. (control yourself Blast!)[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=6][B][COLOR=#ffffff]Louise And Martine Fokkens, Amsterdam's Oldest Prostitutes, Retiring At 70 Years Old (PHOTOS, VIDEO)[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] [COLOR=#ffffff][B]The Huffington Post[/B] | By [URL='http://paranormalis.com/ryan-grenoble'][COLOR=#ffffff]Ryan Grenoble[/COLOR][/URL] Posted: 03/15/2013 12:32 pm EDT [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff][IMG]http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1040144/thumbs/r-LOUISE-MARTINE-FOKKENS-large570.jpg?6[/IMG][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]This February, [URL='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20130226/eu-netherlands-prostitution/?utm_hp_ref=travel&ir=travel'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#6a5bff]Amsterdam raised the minimum age for prostitutes[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] from 18 to 21. For Louise and Martine Fokkens, though, it's the [I]maximum[/I] age that's cause for concern.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]The 70-year-old twins are believed to be [URL='http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4839489/Amsterdam-oldest-prostitutes-twins-aged-70-announce-retirement.html'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#6a5bff]Amsterdam's oldest prostitutes[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL], the Sun reports. After more than 50 years on the job -- and approximately 355,000 men between them -- [URL='http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/9929561/Amsterdams-oldest-prostitutes-retire-at-70.html'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#6a5bff]they've decided to retire[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL].[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]Practically speaking, the two have been retired for some years now, a factor of both advancing arthritis and an admitted difficulty in attracting new clients. But Martine still has a regular, and "I couldn’t give him up," [URL='http://www.inquisitr.com/571036/meet-the-fokkens-twin-70-year-old-amsterdam-prostitutes-announce-retirement/'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#6a5bff]she told The Inquisitr[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL]. "He’s been coming to me for so long like it’s like going to church on a Sunday.”[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]After a couple years on the fence, though, the Fokkens recently finished a new book on their sexual endeavors, "The Ladies of Amsterdam," and say it's time to hang up their stockings for good.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]Given their experience, they do offer an interesting look at modern shifts in the "world's oldest profession." They believe the"golden years" of prostitution in Amsterdam came long before its legalization in 2000, a development Martine said "[URL='http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4839489/Amsterdam-oldest-prostitutes-twins-aged-70-announce-retirement.html'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#6a5bff]has not improved prostitutes' lives[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL]."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]"[URL='http://www.meetthefokkens.com/'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#6a5bff]Meet the Fokkens[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL]," a documentary on the sisters, premiered in 2012. (Watch the trailer below.)[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]A New York Times review of the film concluded that [URL='http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/movies/movie-review-meet-the-fokkens-a-documentary-on-dutch-sisters.html?_r=0'][COLOR=#ffffff][COLOR=#6a5bff]beneath the Fokkens' cheery facade[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] lies a "familiar story of poverty, male violence, lost children and a fight for independence."[/COLOR] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#ffff00]Ckick link for video and pictures...[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B][URL='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/15/amsterdam-oldest-prostitute-retire-fokkens_n_2883367.html?1363365127'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Startling number of partners between them[/COLOR][/U][/URL][/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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