Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec , Salon de la Rue des Moulins, 1894, Muse Toulouse-Lautrec

A brothel is synonymous with brothel, is a service offering prostitutes. More discreet than its synonym popular brothel, this term is used more by Europeans speaking. In Belgium , it also says private.

Etymology

The word "brothel", directly borrowed Latin (First Certificate in French in 1532), is derived from the Latin lupa, "wolf", whose meaning of "courtesan, prostitute" is attested even before that of "female wolf" , or rather with reference to the "wolf suggestive of sexual bestiality" : greed the wolf unlike the male, mostly oral, "also manifests itself on a sexual when it devours, it is with the other mouth during mating as diverse as rock" .

Synonyms

• brothel, burgundy (old): from Frankish (Gallic) borda, hut board; folk etymology: a word they say came from the Middle Ages when Saint Louis was hiding "women of easy virtue" (nicknamed bordelires) along the Seine in houses called bordeaux (water board)
• Hall passes, brothel
• shady hotel
• brothel (reply famous Paul Claudel to Jules Renard : "- But tolerance? - There are houses for that!" )
• whorehouse
• public house
• brothel (s)
• house of mirth
• slap
• whorehouse
• boat flower (China)
• Bouic
• mess
• slaughter house
• bobinard
• military brothel , French military jargon abbreviated BMC
• ottoman, especially in military slang property is located within the barracks of the foreign legion. The word comes from the slang German puff of similar import.

In Greece

Brothels (or brothels) were born in Athens. Solon (one of the Seven Sages of Greece 640-558 BC) ushered in the name of dictating: These are firms located at ports, for a Customer sailors.

In Rome

Of slaves for soldiers are female. Brothels nearby barracks, ramparts. The loosening of morals in the Empire encouraged the growth of prostitution. On all sides of brothels (lupanaria) open their doors. They are marked by lighted candles during opening hours.

The prostitutes are wearing yellow clothes, yellow being the color of shame and folly, but their shoes were a bright red.

After Domitian , the girls gather in houses: the brothel.

In Pompeii

We found the ruins of a ten-room brothel Pompeii , in Region VII of the excavations. This is the only one dedicated to this activity knowing that the story of taverns filled as often function brothel. Near the entrance of the ground floor was painted near a fig tree, a Priapus two phallus , which he held in each of his hands.

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  Interior view of a room of a brothel in Pompeii

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  Fresco Suburban Baths Pompeii representing a cunnilingus

France

In the Middle Ages

Having declared the prohibition of prostitution, Louis XI backtracked and declared tolerance. Institutions specializing in the carnal (of the slaughter house to house luxury). While their shutters are closed, they are marked with a red lantern that just turn on the sub-master of the house during business hours. The prostitutes were allowed to leave on certain days of the week, accompanied by the sub-master.

During the regency of Philippe d'Orleans and during the reign of Louis XV , brothels are experiencing a particular brightness.

The Golden Age

But the heyday of brothels located in the Third Republic , as evidenced by the pink Guide, which are collected annually: the publication in 1936 , sold under the counter, reported 700 addresses many comments with . The state, including the tax advantage of this trade by charging 50 to 60 percent on profits. Throughout the ^nineteenth century , the prefects issue "certificates of tolerance" for keepers of these houses (the mothers madams , men have no right to be patron of such establishments), brothels then take the name of "house of tolerance" . The houses, reported by a number or a red lantern lighting reminiscent of medieval buildings are often dedicated to the frosted glass windows.

The houses were closed on April 13 1946.

The Agents

The Agents (or Ushers) were involved in recruitment of brothels. They roamed the province of small pensions and hospitals (including the service of venereal diseases ) and charmed women by promising them a good position and money. Women and placed in boarding houses or big cities Paris (Rouen, Bordeaux, Reims, etc..), The Agents have received a rather long (fifty francs) in the early twentieth ^century . Other women were entering by borrowing (including teenage mothers) or because knowing nothing else to do. Indeed, equality between men and women did not exist at that time and few women could hold a real job unlike men. The girls mother knew a double punishment because they were also the most often rejected by society.

Regulation

Each house had its own procedure. Customers would pay 5 francs 25 in 1929. Of this sum were 2 francs for the house and 2 francs 50 for the woman. We paid 25 cents for the towel. Women should also pay for the house (food, laundry, etc..) At 30 francs a day, and the doctor's visit .

The health aspect is taken into account (fear of venereal disease ) as specified in Rule 29 of the brothels, "Every girl will be recognized immediately sequestered patient to the hospital to be built as soon as possible to be subjected to treatment required by his illness " .

The women worked all day. They slept most often in a bench or in the attic .

The One Two Two and the Sphinx

From 1939 , the brothels are aware of the shortage of customers. To attract the male population and easy, a new kind of houses appeared: the one-two-two , cabaret brothel, where great names meet, such as Colette , Marlene Dietrich , Jean Gabin , Sacha Guitry and others. The house has ten rooms, twenty-two rooms and houses sixty inmates .

The One Two Two breathless, The Sphinx appeared Boulevard Edgar Quinet, Paris. This house is well protected by the interior minister at the time Albert Sarraut. You can meet Mistinguett and Marlene Dietrich.

In 1941 , during the Occupation, The Star Kleber opened. Edith Piaf is singing from 1943. This cabaret-brothel is a favorite of the Gestapo and senior officers of the Wehrmacht.

List of some places in Paris and provincial

Source:

• The Chabanais : 12, rue Chabanais (9th arr.)
• The One-Two-Two : 122, rue de Provence (8th arr.)
• The Sphinx , 31, boulevard Edgar-Quinet (14th arr.)
• The Star Kleber: 4, rue Paul-Valry (16e arr.)
• For Beautiful Hens (or 32): 32-34, rue Blondel (2nd arr.)
• The Fourcy: 10, rue de Fourcy (4th arr.)
• The White Flower (brothel) or La Rue des Moulins: 6, rue des Moulins (1st arr.) frequented in particular by Toulouse-Lautrec's famous torture chamber
• 4, Hanover Street (2nd arr.)
• Alys: 15, rue Saint-Sulpice (6th arr.)
• 39, rue Pasquier (8th arr.)
• 2, rue de Londres (9th arr.) where Amelia Elias , who inspired the movie Casque d'Or , ended his career.
• 50, rue Saint-Georges (9th arr.)
• 29, rue Saint-Lazare (9th arr.)
• 9, rue de Navarino (9th arr.)
• 11, Rue de l'Arcade (8th arr.) was part-owned by Marcel Proust
• The Blue Star: 15, rue du Champ de Mars Tours can be visited erotic frescoes, mosaics. (Currently head of the Junior Chamber International)

Many of these buildings have been preserved, but the facades are very neutral.

Act Marthe Richard (abolitionism)

In 1946, the law Martha Richard calls for the closure of all brothels.

In Belgium

In Belgium the brothels are officially banned but tolerated in practice they are. These establishments, known as "private" also attract prostitutes and French customers fleeing the repression that has hardened in France after 2003. They are increasing particularly in the border area with France . There are also to Brussels , Antwerp , Charleroi.

In Switzerland

These institutions exist in Switzerland and are called "erotic shows". Their existence is legal since the crime of pimping has been dropped from the Swiss Penal Code in 1992. They are for much implanted in apartments or commercial premises. Their size and number of providers are very diverse, ranging from two bedrooms to a dozen rooms, with a number of providers ranging from two to fifty.

The methods of operation are varied, but usually the client goes to the door, and once entered, choose one or the girls with whom he consumes passes into a chamber for a period of ten minutes to an hour or more. The price of the pass depends on both the services offered ( fellatio or natural full, sodomy , etc..) than the duration.

Some salons offer erotic Jacuzzis , other specialized rooms in sado-masochism. These benefits are subject to surcharges. Providers of erotic shows are not employed, but working as independent professional services under a contract (written or unwritten) of services. They collect the price of the client password and lend a certain sum at the show. These repayments can be calculated in different ways, the most common being a price paid for the workday, or percentage of the price received (in this case the usual rates range from 30 to 50%).

Cantons have enacted specific regulations regarding these facilities. In some, providers must be registered with the police in other operator of the facility, if tenant must provide proof that the building owner agrees that the leased premises are in the purpose of carrying on an erotic fair.

These institutions have set up shop, and advertising for them is accepted by many media (press, posters, radio, etc..). Some newspapers also derive from the prostitution of strong advertising revenue.

Literature and art

The literature on brothels became important during this golden age. One of the first writers to address these houses was Constantin Guys The Painter of Modern Life, published in 1843 in serial form in Le Figaro. Let us not forget Gustave Flaubert and Madame Bovary or Sentimental Education; JKHuysmans and Martha; Guy de Maupassant and La Maison Tellier, etc. ...

The painters are not left out: Degas and The Feast of the patron or the girl sitting; Toulouse-Lautrec and Woman pulling on the bottom or the sofa, Van Gogh and the brothel in Arles, etc. ...

The brothels were also sung, notably by Georges Brassens : Lament of prostitutes.

In 2002 , Patrice Leconte has filmed Street pleasures with Laetitia Casta.

In 2010, the television channel Canal Plus launches Maison Close a series of 8 episodes.

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