A WI's guide to Brothels

A WI’s guide to Brothels. Directed and written by: Helen Simpson
Certificate: 15
Duration: 60 min’s
My rating: ***

MADE in 2008, this documentary was openly attacked by ‘The Independent’ who, using all their wit said, ‘It should have had the red lights put on it’. Nicky Taylor follows two leading ladies at Hampshire’s WI on their fight for the reform on prostitution. You initially get the impression they see the industry through rose tinted glasses, just expecting positive changes if the industry were to be legalised. Watching a culture shock appear in front of us this is cringy, like watching your Nan watching a porno. When the ladies go to Amsterdam they find it’s more than clouds with silver linings as many of the girls still disagree with the way the industry is run. The women o in sex shops and even go to the infamous Bunny ranch in America. The pose like the other girls in a ‘were not phased’ way it was awkward and more important did not uncover how the reform of prostitution in the UK could benefit all!
It was like watching the blind lead a revolution and felt a bit like they wanted to prove a point not make one.
My rating goes for humour and informational aspects of the programme, which did raise attention to a subject mostly pushed under the carpet, but I do agree with many others when I say the WI should definitely stick to discussing tea and biscuits instead of prostitutes and sex trafficking.