Nevada's legal brothel system deserves national credit

[Adventure Guy]

Opinion article written by Bella Cummins that was published today

https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/nevadas-legal-brothel-system-deserves-national-credit

[Mr jewels]

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[jeremy lemur]

Question: What do you think would happen to Nevada's brothels if numerous states in the U.S.A actually did fully decriminalize prostitution?

[BryGuy]

I would think business would slow down. As with anything when supply goes up demand (that location) would go down and receive less customers.

[Q]

I found this to be an excellent article.
Q

[HopelessRealist]

Question: What do you think would happen to Nevada's brothels if numerous states in the U.S.A actually did fully decriminalize prostitution?

Seems like it would be a downward pressure on the business, but might depends on which states.  If if was CA for instance I'd think that would be a hit, but I'm not sure how many people fly in from farther/more remote like HI or Vermont which are mentioned.  It's *possible* though that if it was not one of the bigger sources of clients that more acceptance of the practice in the culture could boost the number of people willing to try it and offset or maybe even exceed the loss of the current monopoly.
 Impossible to road-test that unless it actually happens...


Sadly until something actually passes and proves otherwise, I do not trust any of this stuff not not just become co-opted nordic model trash.  Although in that system they are at least not trying to charge ladies, it does not really recognize the business as legitimate and rather focuses on solidifying the narrative of "men bad, women good" into the legal system, so most people posting here would still be fucked.

Not many people in this culture are ready to actually look candidly at sexual libido and selection mismatches in the population(and the possible workarounds), let alone politicians.  There is not not much of a "lets be fair and sensible" lobby, and plenty of groups form various political sides that lobby against it...

[Rabnut]

Fantastic read. Madam Bella is doing the Lord's work. Embedded in this article is also a link to her working on changing the language on sex worker's licenses of their job description/title (to courtesan), which we had an interesting discussion on a thread earlier this year.

Decriminalization/Legalization would affect different areas differently. Neither one will occur anytime soon up here in Idaho (although it's legal to marry your teenage 2nd cousin).

[Dreadhead]

Very good read. I do agree Nevada is much more progressive than other states with respect to prostitution. I've always wondered why that was.

[RickScrabbler]

I would think business would slow down. As with anything when supply goes up demand (that location) would go down and receive less customers.

Yes I think with legalized prostitution nationwide - which I don't foresee in my lifetime - NV brothels will lose some business. It will also drive down the price somewhat with more availability.

[billwh]

I would think business would slow down. As with anything when supply goes up demand (that location) would go down and receive less customers.

Yes I think with legalized prostitution nationwide - which I don't foresee in my lifetime - NV brothels will lose some business. It will also drive down the price somewhat with more availability.

I never thought I would see marijuana legalized, either, but state by state, that is happening.

[cactus Jack]

Interesting and informative article. I would definitely like to see sex work decriminalized and legalized in my state. If anyone hasn't seen Matt Cullen's interview with Alice Little on you tube check it out. She talks about brothels from a sex workers point of view. https://youtu.be/PvphHbIpPVk?si=2y4TYBtahj1RrOaV

[HopelessRealist]

Interesting and informative article. I would definitely like to see sex work decriminalized and legalized in my state. If anyone hasn't seen Matt Cullen's interview with Alice Little on you tube check it out. She talks about brothels from a sex workers point of view. https://youtu.be/PvphHbIpPVk?si=2y4TYBtahj1RrOaV

Matt has a cool channel with several brothel interviews.  I'm not sure if I watched them all but did several as I was trying to get a better understanding of the industry before   my first trip.  Would recommend checking out his video catalog for the others as well, plus he's got other interviews in there that might be interesting in general.

[Rabnut]

Interesting and informative article. I would definitely like to see sex work decriminalized and legalized in my state. If anyone hasn't seen Matt Cullen's interview with Alice Little on you tube check it out. She talks about brothels from a sex workers point of view. https://youtu.be/PvphHbIpPVk?si=2y4TYBtahj1RrOaV

Matt has a cool channel with several brothel interviews.  I'm not sure if I watched them all but did several as I was trying to get a better understanding of the industry before   my first trip.  Would recommend checking out his video catalog for the others as well, plus he's got other interviews in there that might be interesting in general.

I would, once again, specifically recommend the episodes Matt did at Mona's and the Desert Rose for the Elko fans.

[SMRKIA]

Question: What do you think would happen to Nevada's brothels if numerous states in the U.S.A actually did fully decriminalize prostitution?

I think the rural places would be fine. Yes they would lose some business but I think most of their business comes from locals like miners. It’s the larger houses near the larger cities that I think would take the biggest hit. No one would drive an hour to Pahrump for something they can get locally.  Pahrumps houses could definitely survive but they would need to change their business model to cater to the locals. Pahrump is big enough for both of them.

If you want a good example… Atlantic City. It used to have a monopoly on the east coast for gambling, now more states than not have some casinos. Atlantic City’s casinos have taken pretty bad hits over the last decade, it’s hard to get someone to drive an hour or 2 from Philly or NYC when the same options exist right there.

Also note that the article mentioned Onesta Foundation which is Bella’s organization to legalize prostitution. Looked at their website, looks like it hasn’t been updated in a couple years, but on the about page it mentioned that Bella’s has over 7300 customers a year. I’d always wondered what customer counts look like. That’s about 20 per day.

[Jack Rackham]

Question: What do you think would happen to Nevada's brothels if numerous states in the U.S.A actually did fully decriminalize prostitution?

Not much. Nevada Brothels occupy their own space and niche and while it would take away some of their customers, there are still many good reasons to visit them. Many customers like the health checks that are required and they are the type of customers that care about their health (as I do). You just don't get that with escorts. Who wants to take a chance on getting HIV? LPIN also has many married customers who are paranoid about bringing any STD home.

Also, there is the brothel experience itself. Picking from a group of ladies and determining whether you have chemistry is just fun and more pleasurable. It's a crapshoot picking someone off a website. If prostitution was decriminalized, I highly doubt that they would allow brothels either. It's a Not-in-my-backyard type of issue and would actually probably be outlawed in most places except maybe in some rural areas. So there won't be brothel competition from non-LPIN.

I don't see decriminalization as a huge threat to LPIN but I also don't ever see it happening. Too many nationalist christians in this country and if they are trying to ban books, they are never going to allow prostitution to be legalized.