Over the past 11 years, he has made three trips a year to Germany for its brothels. Andrew's interest in Germany did not initially involve paying for sex. It was then that I thought 'oh my God, this is the place for me. So two years later Andrew returned, alone, to Heidelberg. After sightseeing during the day, it was time to take the plunge. He did and was very helpful. It was in this Frankfurt brothel that the then year-old first had sex with a prostitute.
He was hooked. The legality of prostitution in Germany is one of the main draws for Andrew. Law changes in made Germany one of the most liberal countries in the world regarding commercial sex.
Germany is like Aldi for prostitutes. Yet he admitted his use of prostitutes had ruined his view of women in general. He was, he said, past the point of no return. It was too late for him to see women as sentient beings. He's never fallen in love with anyone, he admitted. He said he was shy and insecure, and found it difficult to meet women, saying that paying a prostitute for sex was simply easier than trying to form a relationship.
But he said sex was better when it did not involve a financial transaction. And he said he thought the women he paid for sex seemed happy. The recent documentary which exposed unsanitary working conditions where Eastern European women were being forced to sell sex was not something Andrew recognised from his experiences. They have terrible teeth and just don't look as good. He said he preferred the idea of having sex with German women - but that he hardly ever encountered them in brothels - they were mostly picking up customers on the street - something he found particularly stimulating.
The larger German brothels presented a physical challenge of a different kind, he admitted. But then again the variety of women — who linger, lingerie-clad, at their bedroom doors — was a plus. They're young, fresh, and full of energy.
