http://www.paranoia.com/faq/prostitution/United-States.html (PC Press Internet CD, 03/1996)Legal Situation: Prostitution is illegal except in certain counties of Nevada. Visiting a prostitute is illegal also. A description of the typical wording of prostitution laws is available. Some jurisdictions will take your car if you used it to attempt to hire a prostitute; others will publish your name in local newspapers. The police is allowed to and actually does undertake sting operations. Police stings include street walkers and much less frequently escort services and massage parlours. A compilation of the state sex laws is available.
Child pornography laws on the federal level are extremely bigot; a photograph of a nude person under the age of 18 qualifies as child pornography and can get you into major trouble.
Organizations working for the decriminalization of
prostitution in the US include COYOTE and the
U.S. Prostitutes Collectivein San Francisco, CAL-PEP in Oakland, PONY
and the National Task Force on Prostitution in
New York City, the Prostitutes' Education Network PENet, and the john's organization JACGUAR.
An interview
with Ms. Paglia about prostitution is available on the net, as is
the Manifesto of Sexual Freedom by Hugh
Loebner.
Finding prostitutes: Keywords in local newspapers
and the yellow pages: Escort service, massage parlor,
striptease+massage, stripassage.
Articles have been contributed
detailing the proper protocol for
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