Dutch parliament member Gert-Jan Segers got a stiff lesson in “If you don’t want the answer, don’t ask the question.” A member of the ChristenUnie, a socially conservative Christian political party, Segers has spent his career trying to prove that legalizing prostitution in the Netherlands has been a complete failure. Only thing is, he’s had trouble supporting his claims with credible evidence. So instead, he tabled a lame-ass question in parliament about “illegal prostitution,” referencing a request by a Dutch auto trade organization to take action against driving instructors who give lessons in exchange for sex. Segers probably wasn’t expecting a specific answer, but he got one, paving a path for horny service providers across the Netherlands who might never have thought of sex bartering as a viable option. Dutch Ministers Ard van der Steur and Melanie Schultz van Haegen replied that while offering a driving lesson in exchange for sex was “undesirable,” it was not illegal, so long as all parties were consenting and over 18. “[It] cannot be seen as prostitution,” the ministers wrote. “After all, it’s not about offering sexual activities for remuneration, but offering a driving lesson.” Amsterdam to-do list: Visit the Anne Frank House, dance under Dutch windmills, become a licensed driving instructor…
