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Since the libertarian, progressive sixties, Amsterdam has had a reputation as an "anything goes" city.

Nothing exemplified that more than it's tolerance for prostitution with the city鈥檚 infamous red light district. But attitudes may be changing: Some 42,000, apparently young people, have added their names to a petition calling for visiting a prostitute to be made illegal - meaning the issue will now be debated by the Dutch parliament.

Julie Bindel, author of 'The Pimping of Prostitution: Abolishing the Sex Work Myth' and who has spent much time researching attitudes in the Netherlands, discusses the city鈥檚 shift away from its past.

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