Red Light District of Amsterdam

A red-light district is a neighborhood where prostitution and other businesses in the sex industry flourish. Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west Prostitution is the act of performing Sexual activity in exchange for Money. Sex industry is the internationalisation of commercial enterprises which supply Sex workers in various capacities The term "red-light district" was first recorded in the United States in 1894, in an article in The Sentinel, a newspaper in Milwaukee. Other mentions from the 1890s are numerous, and located all over the United States.

Some say the origin of the red light comes from the red lanterns carried by railway workers, which were left outside brothels when the workers entered, so that they could be quickly located for any needed train movement. "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. Others speculate that the origin comes from the red paper lanterns that were hung outside brothels in ancient China to identify them as such. Paper lanterns come in various shapes and sizes as well as various methods of construction China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National It was said that the lights were thought to be sensual. The colour red has been associated with prostitution for millennia: in the Biblical story of Rahab, a prostitute in Jericho aided the spies of Joshua and identified her house with a scarlet rope. Rahab, (Heb רחב rachav; ie "broad" "large" was according to the Book of Joshua, a woman who lived in the city of Jericho in Jericho ( Arabic, ʼArīḥā; Hebrew, Standard Yəriḥo Tiberian Yərîḫô During World War I there were many brothels in Belgium and France; blue lights were used to indicate brothels for officers, red lights for other ranks. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. An officer is a member of an armed force who holds a position of authority Other Ranks (ORs in the British Army, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force (and in the armies and air forces of many other Commonwealth countries

One of the many terms used for a red-light district in Japanese is akasen (赤線, akasen^?), literally meaning "red-line", apparently of independent origins from the English term. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities Redlining is the practice of denying or increasing the cost of services such as Banking, Insurance, access to jobs access to health care or even Supermarkets Japanese police drew a red line on maps to indicate the boundaries of legal red-light districts. They also have the term aosen (青線, aosen^?), meaning "blue-line", for a non-legal district. In different cultures red-light districts are identified differently, the most common being "district of prostitutes" (e. g. , in Bengali - Khanki Para or Neighbourhood of Prostitutes. )

See also

• List of red-light districts
• Sex tourism
• Gropecunt Lane
• De Wallen

References

• Mikkelson, Barbara. A list of world Red-light districts Africa Kenya Nairobi Koinange Street Sex tourism is travel to engage in Sexual intercourse or sexual activity with prostitutes, and is typically undertaken internationally by tourists from wealthier countries Gropecunt Lane was a name used in English-speaking towns and cities in the Middle Ages for streets where Prostitutes conducted their business De Wallen, is the largest and best-known Red-light district in Amsterdam, a major tourist attraction "Red Light District", Snopes.com, 12 March 1998. Snopes (ˈsnoʊps also known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages, is a Web site that is the most widely-known resource for validating or debunking Urban legends
• The RLD "Red Light District", , 12 March 2008.

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