An altar of San Simón (a patron saint of sex workers), surrounded by offerings, is seen placed underneath the bar in a sex club in San Salvador, El Salvador, 9 April 2018. Sex workers’ task in the club is to be an entertaining and seductive companion. Performing erotic dance on the pole they make the customers stay as long as possible and buy relatively expensive alcoholic beverages from which they have a certain share. Sex workers are not obliged to have sexual intercourse with...
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An altar of San Simón (a patron saint of sex workers), surrounded by offerings, is seen placed underneath the bar in a sex club in San Salvador, El Salvador, 9 April 2018. Sex workers’ task in the club is to be an entertaining and seductive companion. Performing erotic dance on the pole they make the customers stay as long as possible and buy relatively expensive alcoholic beverages from which they have a certain share. Sex workers are not obliged to have sexual intercourse with the club customers, they decide themselves, usually according to their current economic situation.
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