On the go?

Get IOL's cool new iPad app...

Twins, 70, quit sex trade

Comment on this story


IOL news dec 6 old whores

AFP

Twins Louise and Martine Fokkens have quit the sex trade.

Amsterdam -

Twin sisters believed to be Amsterdam’s oldest prostitutes have retired after more than 50 years each in the sex trade.

Louise and Martine Fokkens, 70, claim to have slept with 355 000 men between them.

Louise, a mother of four, has said her arthritis now makes some of her work too painful.

The pair were the subject of a documentary film, Meet the Fokkens, and have written a book called The Ladies of Amsterdam.

Both women – who usually dress in identical red clothes – became prostitutes before the age of 20 to survive financially after escaping violent relationships.

The sisters reflected on changes in the sex trade since the 1960s.

Louise said: “It is very different now. We used to sit in the windows with clothes on. Today they are totally naked.” - Daily Mail


sign up
 
 

Comment Guidelines



  1. Please read our comment guidelines.
  2. Login and register, if you haven’ t already.
  3. Write your comment in the block below and click (Post As)
  4. Has a comment offended you? Hover your mouse over the comment and wait until a small triangle appears on the right-hand side. Click triangle () and select "Flag as inappropriate". Our moderators will take action if need be.

     

Join us on

IOL-Social networks IOL-Social networks IOL-Social networks IOL-Social networks

Business Directory