DYK NYC mayor Fernando Wood (d.1881) had police raid cheap brothels, museums, & theaters to arrest #StreetWalkers? He paraded them half-naked along Broadway to City Hall to amuse onlookers. But he ignored high-end brothels. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #DecrimNow #SexWorkIsWork
DYK most #SexWorkers in 1770 New York City of 30,000 people were #StreetWalkers? 500 did #SexWork near #StPaulsChapel. Others rented #brothels —houses of debauchery—from the #EpiscopalChurch! Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #SexWorkIsWork
DYK Gotham’s “century of #prostitution” ended by 1920? Better wages & working conditions & increased acceptance of premarital sex kept women from turning to #SexWork. Skyscrapers & telephones reduced the number of #brothels & #StreetWalkers.
It's FINALLY available on @PrimeVideo after a very long and unnecessary wait. @JeffBezos c'mon man. Anyway.
#streetwalkers go get this film!!
#StreetwalkersUnite
And hear @VinnieTortorich talk all about it... here:
youtu.be/9C-7Zkzkn-A?...