Down a dead-end street in a quiet neighborhood south of Dortmund's city center stands Germany's first sex doll brothel. Evelyn Schwarz, 30, is the founder and owner of Bordoll, which is also a brothel and a studio for bondage, dominance, sadism and masochism BDSM. In BDSM, she told DW, communication is critical and sex workers who come from abroad and don't speak the language could miss key cues.
She started out with four dolls ordered from China. Daily, she said, five to 12 people, mostly men but occasionally women and couples, come by to have sex with the dolls. Schwarz has an assistant who cleans the dolls, redresses them and puts on their makeup. How the dolls are cleaned is a "house secret," Schwarz said, "but after every use they are very well cleaned, washed and disinfected. Read more : Sex in Germany: Study opens a window into German bedrooms.
One reviewer on an online sex forum gave the doll Anna a 10 out of 10, describing his various forms of sex with the doll as "a really hot new experience. The dolls are indeed too "passive" for some customers, Schwarz said, but added that others appreciate not having to negotiate for "extra" services.
Schwarz said 70 percent of her customers had returned for further encounters. They come from all stripes, young and old, rich and poor, "just like in any brothel. Others just want a new experience, she said, and some people who have not had sex with another person come, too. Customers must be at least years-old, she added.
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