Tough Love for Retired Sex Workers at Mexico City's Casa Xochiquetzal Celia Gomez Ramos - Creative Time Reports | |
go to original April 23, 2014 |
Unique in the world, Mexico City (Distrito Federal de Mexico) has a city-run old age home for retired and working senior citizen prostitutes. One Mexican commentator said that it's strange that a country whose stereotype among outsiders is for violence and cruelty that such generosity and survivorship is also shown. (VBS-TV/richmx2)
Casa Xochiquetzal is a quiet presence in a bustling, run-down neighborhood near Mexico City’s historical center. The 18th-century brick structure, which once housed a boxing museum, stands as a sober contrast to the surrounding visual chaos. Inside, a courtyard opens onto plain but spacious chambers that provide shelter for elderly women. But these residents are not the typical retirees that one finds in a senior care facility.
The women who call Casa Xochiquetzal home are former (and on occasion current) sex workers. They have come to live in the permanent shelter after years of working in by-the-hour fleabag motels and then - as youthful allure faded - sleeping on the streets. For many residents, the house offers their first respite from years of violence, exploitation and economic insecurity.
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