Hamburg's longest-serving dominatrix: "In principle, I killed the red light milieu"

Pee, whip and nipple clamps are everyday life for Manuela Friday.The 57-year-old is the oldest dominatrix of Hamburg.In conversation with T-Online, she reports on violence in the neighborhood-and what she likes about her job.

Manuela Friday spent her entire adult life in the Hamburg red light millieu.Today she is probably the oldest dominatrix in the notorious Herbertstraße.As a teenager, she prostituted herself.

At that time it was above all the money that Friday urgently needed.After 45 years in the milieu, the Hamburg woman has now written a book."Herbertstrasse.No novel "appears this Friday.

T-online: How did you get to work in the red light milieu?

Manuela Freitag: Mit zwölf Jahren ging ich das erste Mal auf den Strich.That was created from the situation.I needed money.I lived in the home and I didn't feel well there and not safe.So I ran away and landed on the stone gate in Bremen.I saw the women there - the drug addicts.

I saw how they got into the cars and then served the guests in the car.And I thought to myself, you could try that too.'They drive away with you in the car and when you come back, you have money in your pocket.Of course I liked that.So I continued this - first of all.

Did you have fear of contact?

It was rather uncomfortable for me.The heart of course knocks out of excitement.But then having 30 or 50 marks in hand for the first time was something special for me.

And I knew exactly when I ride again, I have another 30 or 50 marks in my pocket.I could buy shoes, fresh panties, go food, go drinking.That was of course exciting.Only the aftertaste was bitter.At some point the money was used up and then you had to go again.

Then how did you get to work as a dominatrix?

In principle, I killed the milieu.I worked in bars, sauna clubs, in sts.Georg in Hamburg and on Davidstrasse in Hamburg.Becoming the Herbertstraße and dominatrix is the best that could happen to me.In the meantime, Herbertstraße has become something like my second home.

Actually, the guests brought me to it.I am apparently huge in my kind anyway and can also be very dominant in a way - at least among the guests.Maybe it was also a calling, maybe I also have it from my mother, whom I never met and from whom I only know that she went to her death.Either you have it or you don't have it on it.In any case, I could no longer imagine not working as a dominatrix.

How has the work in the red light district changed during the years?

The neighborhood has changed 100 %.A lot is modernized on the one hand.The Reeperbahn is to be made a chic mile mile.On the other hand, the neighborhood has become very dirty.And the tone a lot rougher.We are thrown on our heads many of the strength.Many women offer themselves for very little money.

The Herbertstraße, on the other hand, is still a bit like before.That means a lot to me.You know many who have been working there for years.You come into the street, then it starts' Hello ',' Moin ',' Well, all right ',' bye ", 'Much Bock'.You feel right at home.

Are there any wishes that you surprise after 30 years as a dominatrix?

Yes, there is still.A man wanted me to slaughter a chicken in front of him.I rejected that.Once I also had a happy pig.That was a amusing situation.This man has already pushed on the window and then ran up into my studio on all fours.

That was something new for me too.I laughed so hard.He didn't care.He just continued and grunted and shredded his butt on my boots.

Are there any clearly defined limits for you?

Everything that is manageable for me and what I can control, I do.But when blood comes into play, it stops with me.For example, if I should cut up or sewn something, then I say "No, I don't do that".

The 57-year-old feels good on Herbertstrasse in Hamburg.(Source: Michael Philip Bader)

With the different wishes, the costs are understandably different.How do the prices for the services arise?

This is very individual and a matter of negotiation.I start with 100 euros, the hour then costs 250 euros for me.And then it depends on what develops from it in an hour.

Many guests come to my studio and feel inspired.They then express wishes that they did not comment on the window beforehand.Look around, maybe want to try something, be captivated or walking on a leash.

For the guests who want to extend, there are three ATMs on the street.Then the customer puts his hatch on, looking to the right, looking to the left.Run quickly to the machine, get money and come back.

Is there something like competition among your colleagues?

The business is becoming more difficult and the financial pressure is always there.Of course there is competition.Some probably don't treat you to the dirt under your fingernails.When it comes to money, of course everyone wants to be ahead.That is clear.But there is also the small snack in between.I'll say like this: We laugh and we cry together

How does your environment react to the job as a dominatrix?And how did your family deal with it?

At the beginning everyone is always a bit curious, want to know a lot about my job.And if you have heard and sucked everything up, then I will quickly leave left.

But I'm a very strong and focused person.I concentrate on myself.So I can handle it too.Although of course I'm sometimes sad about it.

It was no problem for my son - as long as I don't kiss and have no sexual intercourse.That was very important to him as a teenager.Sometimes he even wished me luck when I went to work.That always made me feel good.

Would you want to change something in retrospect?

On bad days I think if I could have done something else.I might have had that stuff.But now it's the way it is.

For this I have a job today that I am independent.I am my own mistress.What appeals to me about the job is the multifaceted that you get to know so many people and thus get great knowledge of people.And the honesty that I have learned over the years.I learned to deal with myself honestly with myself.I think that's good and important.