and the ghastly areas full of african , asian and eastern european prostitutes , pimps and drug-pushers , and the corresponding growth of sex clubs and sex shops , a million vibrators and dildos on sale , all housed in buildings growing shabbier and shabbier by the minute , were all now visually available to the young genevois children and were assisting them , no doubt , in their early understanding of what this planet is all abouteven in the erstwhile pristine , educated , and romantic city of geneva .