Life as a prostitute: Author Emma Becker on working in a brothel to research novel

Subscribe to France 24 now: http://f24.my/youtubeEN FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 http://f24.my/YTliveEN I wanted to know for myself what prostitution does to you as a woman, to your body and to your soul. So says author Emma Becker who decided to become a prostitute for two years in Berlin in order to research her acclaimed novel "La Maison". She says the experience taught her a thousand things, but mostly that the power dynamics in the brothel she worked in were not what you might expect. She says it was the women who felt they had the power, and although prostitution can be about slavery, there is much more to it than that. Visit our website: http://www.france24.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://f24.my/youtubeEN Like us on Facebook:   / france24.english   Follow us on Twitter:   / france24_en