Oktoberfest: Beer, Brass Bands, Party. In the Exuberance of the fall of borders ever – not only to female guests – even to employees. Our author’s work as a rose seller at the Oktoberfest.
An Oktoberfest-day starts for me, as probably for many other Oktoberfest staff, always with the same Ritual: I’m pretty ready. First, the daily increasing under-eye circles to conceal, then with all kinds of Make Up, face makeup, lips tracing, blouse and pantyhose to wear, the Dirndl slip the apron on the left or right binding, cleavage, put, costumes, scarf, kill, and finally, in the Cycling shorts to slip.
Moment: Why Cycling shorts under my Dirndl? The women that work outside, take you for protection against the cold. For the controls in the tents but they can be a protection against Harassers barrier. The “Radler” under the coat is padded at the sensitive spot, and yet so narrow that it is invisible. A man’s hand gets lost there, it says to its owner immediately: no Get.
At the Oktoberfest, it is already in the morning in the Full
Thus prepared, waitresses, flower and Pretzel – sellers and other employees every day to go to the Oktoberfest for two weeks – now until 6. October. Before the lunch, guests, waiters, cooks, and sellers to run for the high form. It is consumed, what are the kitchen and tavern give.
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The mood rises and Strangers become friends, visitors from all over the world lying in the arms. In the alcohol-filled fraternization the comfort shrink zone, it is close to go between the guests and some of the fingers wandering. Not only pickpocketing, but also sexual Assault are at the Theresienwiese, unfortunately, commonplace.
25 sexual Assaults in eight days
Whether it is employees or visitors, women are at the Oktoberfest in front of harassment, not sure. 25 sexual offences, including three rapes recorded by the police headquarters in Munich at halftime of this year’s 186. Oktoberfest. In total, there were 465 offenses (except sexual theft, vandalism, etc.), offenses in eight days.
The Positive: The sexual offences take off since the all-time high in 2017 something. 67 sexual Assaults were counted, a year later, there were still 45, confirmed police spokeswoman Claudia Künzel, opposite the Deutsche Welle.
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Regardless of the Numbers of any incident that may meet visitors alike, such as the Oktoberfest-the employee is a to a lot of. Immoral have been tolerated in the past as a peccadillo”,” or simply hushed up opportunities – often out of shame.
The sexual Assaults at the Oktoberfest take
Since the #MeToo-debate differently. The victims of sexual Assault have become bolder and more confident. Women – and some men – can Attacks no longer go through, but to show the perpetrators to the police.
Other public perception
The Po of the operation, Pat-a flower shop to caress on the cheek or see the external links at the beer Bank is not more kiss – so something remains long without consequences – because the public perception of such a Body are given, in the meantime, quite different rating.
This more complex questions than simple answers: What’s in a man? What’s in a woman? How close I can come to a woman in General, and where are its limits? Should company bosses are still giving away free roses to the staff? Be supposedly interpreted a harmless sign of Affection more and more often, wrong? I’m breaking a code of conduct, if I put signals, the interpreted as “Grooming,” or as erotic?
Close in the tents also makes for an unwanted come-on
Dark red lipstick is supposed to deter
Some of the Oktoberfest guests become actually sensitive and need to think twice about whether you are hooking up with the neighbor really to Sway – or in it rather. The vast majority of Oktoberfest visitors, however, will the tent still on the loose, the Sway enticing beer atmosphere to the merciless get together use.
Against the “kiss-hunter” – men of the most diverse Meadow at the end of the day, the whole face full of lipstick’n beauties want to have to use a lot of Oktoberfest waitresses a simple recipe: you paint your face red your lips, because this will have a deterrent effect on men. That’s exactly how I do it as a rose-seller, too – and so far, so far good hazards.