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Sex Workers Retirement Home in Mexico

A retirement home for elderly former and current prostitutes has been established in the Teptio neighborhood of Mexico. Casa Xochiquetzal, The House of the Beautiful Flowers, is located in one of the most dangerous parts of the city. It was named after the Goddess of Beauty and Sexual Love.

According to Rosalba Rio, director of the house, women must be at least 60-years-old to reside in Casa Xochiquetzal. It can accommodate up to 45 women. They currently care for 23 elderly former and current sex workers.

Living in Casa Xochiquetzal does not prohibit these women from working. Most of the elderly prostitutes still work because people are still willing to pay them for sex, according to Rosabala.

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