Twin sisters believed to be Amsterdam’s oldest prostitutes have retired after more than 50 years each in the sex trade.<\/p>\n
Louise and Martine Fokkens, 70, have finally decided they are too old for the business after claiming to have slept with 355,000 men between them in a combined 100-year career.<\/p>\n
Louise, a mother of four, has said her arthritis now makes some sexual positions ‘too painful’.<\/p>\n
And mother-of-three Martine admits she is finding it hard to attract new punters – except one elderly man who still comes for his weekly sado-maschism session.<\/p>\n
She said: “I couldn’t give him up. He’s been coming to me for so long it’s like going to church on a Sunday.”<\/p>\n
The pair were the subject of a documentary film last year called Meet the Fokkens, and have now written a book about their combined 100-years of sexual exploits called The Ladies of Amsterdam.<\/p>\n
Both women – who usually dress in identical red clothes – became prostitutes before the age of 20 to survive financially after escaping violent relationships.<\/p>\n
They now look back on the ‘golden years’ of the profession before the Netherlands legalised prostitution and the sex trade was invaded by ‘eastern European mafia’.<\/p>\n
Louise said: “It is very different now. We used to sit in the windows with clothes on. Today they are totally naked.<\/p>\n
“There are few Dutch women and no sense of community these days.”<\/p>\n
Martine added: “The legalisation of brothels in 2000 has not improved prostitutes’ lives.<\/p>\n
“There is no point working just for tax. That is why the girls are working from the internet and from home – you are less likely to be spotted by the taxman.<\/p>\n
“It is better for the pimps and the foreigners, but not for the Dutch girls.”<\/p>\n
Martine and Louise said they now hoped to be able to live off their earnings from the book and film rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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