{"id":6491,"date":"2025-09-02T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/closer\/?p=6491"},"modified":"2025-09-02T10:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:35:45","slug":"im-the-manager-of-a-legal-brothel-heres-what-really-goes-on-and-whos-most-likely-to-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/closer\/2025\/09\/02\/im-the-manager-of-a-legal-brothel-heres-what-really-goes-on-and-whos-most-likely-to-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I\u2019m the manager of a legal brothel \u2013 here\u2019s what really goes on and who\u2019s most likely to visit’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘I\u2019m the manager of a legal brothel \u2013 here\u2019s what really goes on and who\u2019s most likely to visit’<\/h1>\n

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After spending almost 10 years running one of Europe\u2019s biggest brothels, Catherine de Noire has seen it all \u2013 though she wasn\u2019t expecting a horny polar bear!<\/p>\n

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Catherine found her dream job working in a brothel aged 22<\/p>\n

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Setting down the book, I couldn\u2019t help but roll my eyes.
Why do psychologists describe so much sex as \u2018deviant\u2019? I thought.
I was studying for my undergrad in psychology, and while I loved it, I was getting frustrated with its attitude towards sexuality.
As a fan of swingers\u2019 parties, \u2018deviant\u2019 or \u2018abnormal\u2019 seemed like very judgemental words to me.
One day, I was researching an essay when I came across an article which really grabbed my attention \u2013 Psychologist in a Whorehouse: They Call Me Pimp, But I Protect Women<\/em>.
I lived in a country in Europe where sex work was legal.
The article was written by a manager at a brothel who had a background in psychology.
He emphasised the importance of respecting and protecting sex workers.
The girls were independent contractors, who rented space from the brothel in exchange for a flat rate.
That sounds like my dream job! I thought.
So, I found an email address online and got in touch asking if they had any vacancies.
And to my excitement I was called in for an interview!<\/p>\n

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She’s an undergrad in Psychology – but now uses her skills for a sexier purpose<\/p>\n

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Beforehand, I couldn\u2019t help but feel a bit nervous.
Not only did I not have any experience in the adult industry, \u2028I also had no managerial experience.
I had no idea what to expect of the office.
Will it be all leather, velvet and fake fur inside? I wondered.
But while the outside of the building was all done up with red lights, the interior was surprisingly normal.
\u2018Come on, I\u2019ll show you the HR and IT departments,\u2019 the manager said.
He was the author of the article I\u2019d read, and the two of us had a fascinating chat.
\u2018Women are often at an advantage in brothel management because they don\u2019t try to take control of the workers as much,\u2019 he told me.
The following week, I received the news I\u2019d been hoping for \u2013 I\u2019d been hired!
I\u2019d be working nighttime shifts, from 7pm to 6am, but I quickly learnt that the brothel wasn\u2019t just busy in the evenings.
Surprisingly, the earliest \u2018rush hour\u2019 at the brothel was 12 noon to 1pm, when men popped in on their lunch breaks from work.
The next was between 3pm and 5pm, giving them time to get home without raising suspicion. But our busiest times were always 8pm onwards.
My main responsibilities involved answering emails, overseeing bartenders, IT and marketing, and of course, recruiting and onboarding the girls themselves.
In media, sex workers were often represented as desperate or addicted, but this wasn\u2019t my experience.
Some of the girls were earning up to \u00a340,000 a month, and many planned on working for just a few years to set themselves up for the rest of their lives.
Yet, plenty of them were from overseas, and needed local advice or help reading over rental contracts.
I also worked to protect their safety. We had panic buttons in all the rooms and made sure clients knew the workers had the right to say no to any request.
While some of the girls did BDSM work, others exclusively worked with lesbians \u2013 it was entirely up to them to decide.
Mostly, the clients were well behaved.
Sometimes we\u2019d have to call security to turf them out at 5am when they didn\u2019t want to make the journey home.<\/p>\n

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Surprisingly, she says some of the men who visit the brothel aren’t interested in sex!<\/p>\n

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Plenty of men weren\u2019t looking for sex. Instead, they were there for companionship.
One guy paid one of the girls \u00a34500 just to drive to a graveyard with him and share \u2028a cigarette.
I\u2019d been in the role for a few months before I decided it was time to tell my family.
Dad was a nuclear physicist, and his response was typically calm, understanding and \u2028matter of fact.
But Mum was horrified.
\u2018So, you\u2019re a pimp now?\u2019 she asked. \u2018I thought you were going into neuropsychology!\u2019
\u2018I\u2019m not exploiting the girls,\u2019 \u2028I promised her. \u2018I\u2019m looking after them!\u2019
And the more I explained, the more she came to accept it.
Dad even came into the office with me one day to see the set-up!
From then on, I never lied when someone asked me what I did for a living.
Mostly, people were interested, especially by our ethical, worker-first approach.
Meanwhile, I was casually dating.
However, I noticed quite a few men seemed to be bothered by my job.
\u2018This is fascinating, but I\u2019d never let my girlfriend do it in a million years,\u2019 said one guy.
Not my problem, I thought.<\/p>\n

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Some of the guys she’s dated don’t approve of her work in the brothel<\/p>\n

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Besides, I was thoroughly enjoying myself, telling my friends all the crazy things I would see at work.
One man turned up in a head-to-toe polar bear suit for a role play session.
\u2018I\u2019m sorry,\u2019 I told him, stifling my giggles. \u2018You\u2019ll have to take the head off in the reception area for security reasons. You can put it back on afterwards!\u2019
Another man turned up dressed as a plumber and spent the whole booking fixing one of the blocked loos!
One of our girls came in to work every Monday, while her husband visited as a client every Friday \u2013 neither of them knew about the other!
And it wasn\u2019t my place to tell them.
On another occasion I recognised a familiar face in the corridor \u2013 my dentist.
I\u2019ve been trying to get an appointment for ages, I thought. So this is what you\u2019ve been doing instead!
Fortunately, he didn\u2019t recognise me. His office was filled with family portraits of him with his wife and kids, and I thought he might have been a bit embarrassed!
Seeing angry wives and girlfriends at the brothel wasn\u2019t uncommon either.
Plenty would buy a ticket and storm through looking for their boyfriend or husband.
When arguments did break out, we\u2019d gently encourage them to take\u2028it outside or at least to a private room.
My job definitely changed my view of marriage and monogamy.
I met plenty of men who would tell me they loved their wives, they just weren\u2019t having sex any more.
\u2018Coming here has saved my marriage,\u2019 one guy told me.
Fascinated by everything I was learning, I started posting about my experiences online.<\/p>\n

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Her 400,000 social media followers love her stories from the sex industry!<\/p>\n

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There was such stigma around the topic and I wanted to encourage a conversation and debunk stereotypes of the industry.
People loved my videos and I soon amassed 400,000 followers on Instagram and TikTok.
I even started an OnlyFans account where I could tell my wildest stories.
But of course, there was also an online backlash, mostly from a radical feminist perspective.
My inbox and comment sections were filled with death and rape threats against me, my family, and my potential future children.
It was shocking and I had to be careful with my mental health.
Yet, in general, I was pleasantly surprised by the conversations I had.
When I first started the job at 22, the night shifts didn\u2019t really bother me. But by the time I hit 30, the 3am to 6am stretch started getting much harder. Especially as I was studying for a PHD in organisational psychology at the same time!
I\u2019ve been working in this role for nine years, and now I\u2019m starting to think about my next steps. I definitely want to stay in the industry, but perhaps move across to a luxury swingers club or something similar.
Ultimately, my work in a brothel has taught me one important lesson.
Sex work is only dangerous when it\u2019s illegal.
Legalising it keeps women safe.<\/p>\n

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