http://www.torontosun.com/2015/12/22/rid...etherlands
The Netherlands has confirmed it’s legal to pay driving instructors in sexual favours.
Prostitution is legal in the country and openly advertised.
But the question of paying off driving instructors with hanky-panky was raised in parliament recently when Gert-Jan Segers, of the socially conservative opposition party ChristenUnie (Christian Union), voiced concern that such a barter deal would avoid taxing for the service.
He called it “illegal prostitution” and wanted the practice banned.
But Infrastructure Minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen and Justice Minister Ard van der Steur said “ride for a ride” — the common term for the agreement — shouldn’t be against the law as long as both parties are over 18.
“Offering riding lessons in exchange for sex cannot be seen as prostitution. After all, it is not about offering sexual acts as payment but to offering a driving lesson. It is important that the initiative lies with the driving instructor and focuses on offering a lesson,” they wrote in a letter to parliament, detailing the government’s stand.
The Netherlands has confirmed it’s legal to pay driving instructors in sexual favours.
Prostitution is legal in the country and openly advertised.
But the question of paying off driving instructors with hanky-panky was raised in parliament recently when Gert-Jan Segers, of the socially conservative opposition party ChristenUnie (Christian Union), voiced concern that such a barter deal would avoid taxing for the service.
He called it “illegal prostitution” and wanted the practice banned.
But Infrastructure Minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen and Justice Minister Ard van der Steur said “ride for a ride” — the common term for the agreement — shouldn’t be against the law as long as both parties are over 18.
“Offering riding lessons in exchange for sex cannot be seen as prostitution. After all, it is not about offering sexual acts as payment but to offering a driving lesson. It is important that the initiative lies with the driving instructor and focuses on offering a lesson,” they wrote in a letter to parliament, detailing the government’s stand.