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by lelandfe 5y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_the_United_S...
It’s illegal everywhere but certain parts of Nevada. When you walk around the streets of Las Vegas you’ll therefore see hundreds and hundreds of fliers for girls.
As for the history… it’s a sordid one. Read e.g https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamberlain–Kahn_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamberlain–Kahn_Act. The US imprisoned women with venereal diseases found near military bases. Things sort of went from there, and also involves the “morality” of the American Christian and fears of the Progressives. Some more good reading: https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/1051287 https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/10512...
Today it is a partisan issue and one worked on at a state level. Manhattan’s DA vowed to “no longer prosecute prostitution and unlicensed massage” as of this April.[0] …meanwhile the Texas governor in August made buying sex a felony in August, the first state to ever do so.[1]
I don’t expect any significant national progress on this in my lifetime. But there has been a sea change in blue states over the past generation.
[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/nyregion/manhattan-to-stop-prosecuting-prostitution.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/nyregion/manhattan-to-sto...
[1] https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/567760-texas-is-first-state-to-make-paying-for-sex-a-felony https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/567760...
- denton-scratch 5y ago> “no longer prosecute prostitution and unlicensed massage” You can be prosecuted for giving an massage without a licence? I lived for a short while in the US, and regularly gave my female partner massages.
- MrWiffles 5y agoI think this is only in cases where you fake credentials as, or otherwise lead someone to believe, that you’re a licensed professional massage therapist. It’s not the most academically demanding thing, but doing that kind of work on someone you could really hurt them fairly bad if you don’t know what you’re doing whatsoever. So requiring licensure and prosecuting those who fake it makes sense.
- throwaway893174 5y agoYou probably don't charge your partner for the massages though.
- dandare 5y agoAre you sure it is a partisan issue? From what I know many progressives see any kind of sex work as exploitation of women.
- lelandfe 5y agoYes, definitely - though you are correct that moderate dems are divided on this issue. There is no such division anywhere on the republican side to my knowledge. Thus, we’re seeing a push for relaxation of sex worker prosecution in essentially only blue states. Edit: realizing that I didn't qualify that you'll be hard pressed to find any lawmaker pushing for full legalization of prostitution on either side of the aisle. Right now, the most common laws voted on are w.r.t criminality of 1. the sex workers and 2. the clients.
- toyg 5y agoBut those constituencies typically push for criminalising johns while helping "save" providers. Still a criminal act, but moving penalties at least.