Broadsheet: World's Cup is not Running Over

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Monday, July 03, 2006

At least, apparently not in the German brothel industry.

It would seem that men really do place a higher priority on beer and football than on sex.

Soccer and sex, it appears, do not mix very well - even in Germany, where prostitution is legal and the World Cup organizers have pushed the slogan "A Time to Make Friends." There are plenty of friendly fans here, most of them male and many pie-eyed by alcohol. The bad news for the sex trade is that they would rather guzzle another beer than go looking for a prostitute.

"For most people, it's just too complicated," Ms. Klee said. "It's difficult to say to your friends, 'I'm going to leave you now and go to a brothel for 20 minutes.' That's not normal behavior."

posted by Broadsheet @ 11:46 AM