to take a baby to the red light district in Amsterdam.

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We are staying in Amsterdam for 2 nights next week, I asked my Dutch friend what she would recommend we do whilst in Amsterdam, she said we must walk through the red light district it is a real experience and it probably won't be around for ever.

We have a ds who is 6 montgs old. He would be asleep either in his pram ( with a blanket hung from the hood) or snuggled up in a sling.

My dp and my friend think it would be fine to take a baby to the red light district ( friend also had a young baby) I amnot too sure. Dp is Swedish and he often says I am a prude. Dp's logic is that ds won't remember it even if he does wake up ( which is unlikely.) when ds has seen naked women other than myself ( sil's sunbathing and friends popping in and out of the sauna) he has just stared at their breasts as if he is thinking hmm they have milk too!

The culture of sex around children is very relaxed in Sweden, most people co-sleep and in our
Preparing for birth and parenthood class the midwife encouraged us to resume a sexual relationship even with the baby in the bed, ds was given a children's book about the body which included a picture of an erect penis and sexual intercourse ( the book is hidden for now.) my dp has liberal ( Swedish) views which often clash with my less liberal ( British views possibly)

So mumsnet jury, aibu to take my asleep baby for a stroll around the red light district?

Empowering?

I was sorely tempted to 'hire' a girl, just to give her a cup of tea and a chat.

Legal?! I kid you not that girl was most certainly underage.

(Talked out of it by friend)

I was depressed just walking through it, god knows how those girls felt living it.

I can hand on heart say I have never seen anyone piss in the street in Amsterdam!

Schiphol airport is one of the most important airports in the world, as it is a stop-off for the majority of long-haul flights, as well as shorter ones, so it is 'ideal' for people trafficking, sadly.

OP, take your baby to the lovely parks (although there might be topless sunbathing if the weather is good enough). There are loads of family-friendly festivals on in July too.

making love in bed with a baby in the bed or in the room is very different to what is going on in the red light district

what is being liberal about your attitude towards sex got to do with walking around a red light district where women and men are exploited

I would not take a young baby or a child there it is not nice to see women standing around waiting to be bought. Have been would never go again and would never think of taking a child no matter what age

I went years ago when inter-railing having been told 'it's a must see' (who are these people that think that?), I did not like it at all and thought it was a waste of time going there. The Anne Frank museum, on the other hand, was well worth queuing for.

Just a tip. If you intend going to Anne frank's house the newly refurbished Rijksmuseum or the
Van Gogh, do per book tickets online to avoid the horrendous queues. Then you can walk straight I. At your chosen time.

I have to agree with Freudians that while liberal attitudes to the human body and sexuality may be great, they have nothing to do with human exploitation.

Yep, two completely different things

If people try to use the former to justify a lack of outrage against the latter, they are talking bullshit

just wondering OP would you take a walk through a grim street or road end in a UK big city to look at the prostitutes ?

and what freudian said

I can show you some real seedy places around Picadilly, Manchester if that's your bag.