Tepito is one of the poorest and most dangerous areas of Mexico City. Sex can be bought starting at five pesos—from people up to 80 years old.
Xochiquetzal is a nursing home for senior-citizen sex workers. The house, which has a minimum age requirement of 60, can accommodate up to 45 women. Right now there are only 23 retired ladies of the night living there. The majority of them continue working, because there are still people who want to pay to have sex with them.
They think that, like wine, their vaginas have gotten better with age—and they also claim to get much more than five pesos. Her voice is rough and her missing teeth make her a little hard to understand.
A friend explained to me what diseased penises looked like. One day a client came to me, we made an agreement, went to the hotel, and he flipped off the lights. He took his clothes off and I turned on the lights.
His dick was full of pus. He answered that it was a different kind of semen, and nothing would happen to me. I told him that was bullshit and I left the room. After she fled the hotel room, Canela says that the sick man returned with a cop, who questioned her.
