Sex work is "the exchange of sexual services, performances, or products for material compensation. It includes activities of direct physical contact between buyers and sellers as well as indirect sexual stimulation". Sex work only refers to voluntary sexual transactions; thus, the term does not refer to human trafficking and other coerced or nonconsensual sexual transactions such as child prostitution. The transaction must take place between consenting adults of the legal age and mental capacity to consent and must take place without any methods of coercion, other than payment. The term emphasizes the labor and economic implications of this type of work. Furthermore, some prefer the use of the term because it grants more agency to the sellers of these services. (Full article...)
Legality of brothel prostitution in Nevada by county
Prostitution permitted, at least one active brothel
Prostitution permitted, no active brothels
Prostitution prohibited
Nevada is the only U.S. state where prostitution is legally permitted in some form. Prostitution is legal in 10 of Nevada's 17 counties, although only six allow it in every municipality. Six counties have at least one active brothel, which mainly operate in isolated, rural areas. The state's most populated counties, Clark (which contains Las Vegas) and Washoe (which contains Reno), are among those that do not permit prostitution. It is also illegal in Nevada's capital, Carson City, an independent city.
The vast majority of prostitution in Nevada takes place illegally in the metropolitan areas of Las Vegas and Reno. About 66 times more money is spent by customers on illegal prostitution in Nevada than in the regulated brothels. (Full article...)
Image 14A prostitute and her customer illustrated on an ancient Greekwine cup; the act of prostitution is indicated by the coin purse above the figures. (from Prostitution)
Image 20Statue to honor the sex workers of the world. Installed March 2007 in Amsterdam, Oudekerksplein, in front of the Oude Kerk, in Amsterdam's red-light district De Wallen. Titled Belle, the inscription to the piece says "Respect sex workers all over the world." (from Prostitution)
Louise Fitzgerald Wightman (néeJohnson), also known as Lucy Wightman (born June 18, 1959) is an American former exotic dancer who performed in Boston and Providence during the 1970s and 1980s, using the stage namePrincess Cheyenne. The juxtaposition of her education and class background with her career attracted media attention. In the spring of 2007, she again attracted public interest, this time for being convicted of being a practicing psychologist without a license in two South ShoreMassachusetts communities. Since then she has worked as a writer, photographer, and blogger. (Full article...)
Johanna Jussinniemi (born 13 September 1976), better known by her stage name Puma Swede, is a Swedish pornographic actress and feature dancer. The first part of her stage name comes from the sports car, the Ford Puma. Since 2005, she has appeared in over 200 movies. (Full article...)
India (born May 17, 1977) is a former pornographic actress, singer and rapper.
She began working as an adult actress in around 1998 and has since appeared in over 200 videos. For five years she was an exclusive contract girl for the production company Video Team, and she has an exclusive sex toy line, manufactured by California Exotic Novelties. (Full article...)
Monique Alexander is an American pornographic actress, nude model, and 2017 AVN Hall of Fame inductee. Alexander has also been an advocate for free speech and sex education, and has appeared on Fox News and in a debate at Yale University addressing these topics. In addition to her pornographic work, she has had several cameo appearances in mainstream films and television shows. (Full article...)
Aino Kishi (Japanese: 希志あいの, Hepburn: Kishi Aino, born February 1, 1988) is a Japanese actress, singer and former AV idol. Starting her career in 2008, Kishi starred in over 400 adult films and was named among the most popular adult film actresses of her generation, with her popularity crossing into mainstream acting appearances as well. She was also a member of the first generation of the idol group Ebisu Muscats between 2008 and 2013. Kishi retired from the adult film scene in December 2015 and returned into civil life. (Full article...)
Ela Darling takes the floor at a virtual reality conference in 2015
Ela Darling is an American pornographic actress and co-founder of virtual reality company VRTube.xxx. According to The New York Times, Darling first used virtual reality technology to record an erotic scenario in 2014. (Full article...)
Portrait of Lizzie, taken in Shelby, Ohio, circa 1903, Burt Mossholder Studio
Lizzie Lape (August 15, 1853 – sometime after Thanksgiving 1917) was a mid-Ohio madam who owned and operated multiple bordellos at the end of the 19th century and early into the 20th. (Full article...)
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Rebecca Jessica Middleton-Jones (néeFlood; born 7 August 1980), known professionally as Rebecca More, is an English former pornographic actress. More began her career in pornography in 2010, and went on to appear in an array of films for various different studios until her retirement from mainstream pornography in 2023. During her career, she found internet fame when she and fellow porn star Sophie Anderson, who branded themselves "The Cock Destroyers", posted a video that went viral. Both her and Anderson's videos became memes and the pair were subsequently regarded as "gay icons" within the LGBTQ+ community which saw them go on to front the Men.com series Slag Wars: The Next Destroyer (2020). (Full article...)
Ayu Sakurai (桜井 あゆ, Sakurai Ayu, born 15 April 1991) is a former pornographic (AV) actress. She was born in Miyazaki Prefecture, she was formerly represented by T-Powers. (Full article...)
Did you know...
... that the posthumously released documentary Clean centered on the life of Sandra Pankhurst, a former sex worker, drag queen, and crime scene cleaner?
... that a Harvey's franchise known for being a hub for sex work was described by one artist as a "legendary Toronto icon"?
A prostitute in Amsterdam's red-light district talks with a potential customer. (from Prostitution)
A sex worker in Berlin in 2001 (from Sex work)
Prostitution Information Centre in Amsterdam (from Prostitution)
An Ancient Greek urn depicts a prostitute and her client. (from Sex work)
Women in an early San Francisco bordello in 1870 (from Prostitution)
Kisaeng women from outcast or slave families. (from Prostitution)
World map of pornography (18+) lawsPornography legalPornography legal under some restrictionsPornography illegalData unavailable(from Sex work)
An oiran preparing herself for a client, ukiyo-e print by Suzuki Haronubu (1765) (from Prostitution)
Sex workers demonstrating for better working conditions at the 2009 Marcha Gay in Mexico City (from Sex work)
The red light district in Amsterdam (from Sex work)
A prostitute and her customer illustrated on an ancient Greek wine cup; the act of prostitution is indicated by the coin purse above the figures. (from Prostitution)
Stickers affixed to a payphone in São Paulo, 2006 (from Prostitution)
A detail from plate 1 of William Hogarth's (1697–1764) The Harlot's Progress, showing brothel-keeper Elizabeth Needham, on the right, procuring a young woman who has just arrived in London (from Prostitution)
A liberated Chinese girl who had been forced in to sexual slavery by the Japanese military sits on a stretcher and speaks to a British military serviceman. (from Prostitution)
Prostitute c. 1890. (from Prostitution)
World map of prostitution lawsDecriminalization – No criminal penalties for prostitutionLegalization (regulation) – Prostitution legal and regulatedAbolitionism – Prostitution is legal, but organized activities such as brothels and pimping are illegal; prostitution is not regulatedNeo-abolitionism (Nordic model) – Illegal to buy sex and for 3rd party involvement, legal to sell sexProhibitionism – Prostitution illegal in all aspects (selling and buying)Legality varies with local laws(from Sex work)
Statue to honor the sex workers of the world. Installed March 2007 in Amsterdam, Oudekerksplein, in front of the Oude Kerk, in Amsterdam's red-light district De Wallen. Titled Belle, the inscription to the piece says "Respect sex workers all over the world." (from Prostitution)
A street prostitute talking to a potential customer in Turin, Italy, 2005 (from Prostitution)
De Wallen red-light district in Amsterdam (from Prostitution)
A political cartoon from 1787 jesting about the notion of taxation affecting prostitutes (from Prostitution)
News report about three brothels operating in Albuquerque, New Mexico that were raided by police in 1922 (from Prostitution)
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