Legalizing Prostitution: From Illicit Vice to Lawful Business (54 page)

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Authors: Ronald Weitzer

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first-time,
37

in FKK (Frei Körper Kultur)/sauna clubs,
141

“girlfriend experience” (GFE),
32
–39,
42

“honeymooning” by,
38

in hotel-brothels,
135

of indoor prostitutes,
30
–32

indoor prostitutes’ views of,
38
–39

“john schools” for arrested clients,
67

legalization of prostitution, support for,
52

negative experiences,
37

opportunistic clients,
189

in oppression paradigm,
36

percentage of men who have paid for sex,
4

public humiliation of,
67

reasons for patronizing prostitutes,
20
–21

in red-light districts (RLDs),
113
–114

regulars,
37
–38,
195

representative sample of men compared to,
220
n93

satisfaction, frequency of,
37

screening of,
23

of streetwalkers,
30
–32

Swedish criminalization of,
68
,
75
,
76
,
233
n103

targeting of by prohibitionists,
66
–69

of underage prostitutes,
149

violence against prostitutes,
19
–20

willingness to marry a prostitutes,
36

of window workers,
189
,
190

Clinton administration,
71

Club Elegance brothel (Amsterdam),
171
,
173

Club Mayfair brothel (Amsterdam),
172

Cohen, Job,
160
,
161

Cologne, Germany,
121

Colombia,
15

“commodified romance,”
43

Consortium of Window Owners,
153
,
164

Craigslist website,
54
,
68

Crazy Sexy hotel-brothel (Frankfurt),
122
,
123

crime: Policing and Crime Act (UK, 2009),
53

prostitution-related in Germany,
118
–119

Street Offenses Act (UK, 1959),
53
.
See also
organized crime

criminalization of prostitution,
60
–71

in Britain,
68

consequences of,
49

empowerment of sex workers,
206
–207

federal law,
48

harms associated with prostitution,
206
–207

legal regulation superior to,
77

legalization of prostitution compared to,
196

Mann Act (1910),
48

organized crime,
66

problems associated with prostitution,
7

in Rhode Island, ix,
60
–61,
76
,
213

in Spain,
80

state law,
48

targeting clients of sex workers,
66
–69

trafficking as a policy driver,
63
–66

Trafficking Victims Protection Act (2000),
48

in United States,
6
,
48
–49,
62
–71

victimization while working,
49

Czech Republic,
78
,
122

Daulatoia, Bangladesh,
77

de Graaf Foundation,
154

decriminalization of marijuana,
47
–48,
82
,
227
n2

decriminalization of prostitution: backlash against,
153

in Berkeley, California,
50
,
51
,
52
,
62

conditions affecting chances of,
81
–82

de facto decriminalization,
49
,
54
,
81

in Frankfurt,
122

full decriminalization,
49

in Germany,
116
,
145

in Hawaii,
61
–62

indoor prostitution,
52

legalization distinguished from,
76

National Organization for Women (NOW),
207

in the Netherlands,
166

in New South Wales, Australia,
96

in New Zealand,
97
,
159

oppression theorists and,
73

partial decriminalization,
49

public support for,
100

in Queensland, Australia,
93

in San Francisco,
50
,
51
,
52
,
62
,
214
,
250
n21

in Spain,
80

stigma associated with sex work,
100

street prostitution,
208

tax payments/evasions by sex workers and business owners,
83
,
118
,
120
,
240
n51

in United States,
49
–50

in Victoria, Australia,
92

Dexter
(television series),
35

Dombrink, John,
47

Dominican Republic,
39
,
40
,
42
–43

Doña Carmen prostitutes’ rights group,
133
,
136

Dortmund, Germany,
120

Duncansville, Pennsylvania,
55

Dworkin, Andrea,
12

eastern Europe,
79

economic inequality, sex tourism and,
42

Eindhoven, the Netherlands,
151
,
152
,
199

Ely, Nevada,
90

Emperor’s Club escort agency,
33

empowerment paradigm,
7
–10

End Demand Campaign (Illinois),
67
–68

End Demand for Sex Trafficking bill (USA, 2005),
69

Ericsson, Lars,
205
,
207

Eros Centers,
115
,
133
–134,
136

erotic bars,
121
,
126
,
131
,
132

The Erotic Review website,
35
,
36
,
37
,
105

escort agency employees: exploitation by third parties,
17

“girlfriend experience” (GFE),
37
–38

impact on community,
17

location of services,
17

in the Netherlands,
155
–156,
157

nonsexual services advertised by,
33

prices charged,
17

public visibility,
17

stigma, rejection of,
30

victimization while working,
26
–27

escorts.
See
call girls/escorts

ethnographic research,
105
–107

Europe: designated zones for street prostitution,
58
,
84

medieval brothels,
83

percentage of men who have paid for sex,
4

Excellent Group,
153

Farley, Melissa: on brothels in Nevada,
65
–66

Canadian court downgrading of testimony by,
16
,
219
n83

on legalization of prostitution,
15

on men who purchase sex,
12

on prostitutes,
15

on prostitution,
12
,
13

U.S. State Department funding,
65

female sex tourism,
42
–43

feminism,
8
,
10
,
12

Finland,
68

First Offenders Prostitution Program (San Francisco),
67

FKK (Frei Körper Kultur)/sauna clubs,
136
–144

affective bonding with clients,
144

clients of,
141

definition,
122

in Frankfurt,
122
,
136
–144

“girlfriend experience” (GFE),
138
–139

Miami Sauna Club (Frankfurt),
140
–141

Oase (Frankfurt),
139

owners of,
143
–144

The Palace (Frankfurt),
138
,
139

Sudfass Sauna Club (Frankfurt),
140
,
141

World (Frankfurt),
139

“forbidden fruit” effect,
6
,
84

France,
78
,
79
,
80
,
149

Frankfurt,
122
–145

Bahnhofsviertel redlight district,
122
,
124
–144

Bistro
91

erotic bar,
126
,
131

Breite Gasse red-light district,
124
,
125

brothel owners in,
136
,
142

brothels in,
120
,
122

Crazy Sexy hotel-brothel,
122
,
123

decriminalization of prostitution in,
122

Eros Centers,
115

erotic bars in,
126
,
132

FKK (Frei Körper Kultur)/sauna clubs in,
122
,
136
–144

hotel-brothels in,
122
–124,
132
–136

Miami Sauna Club,
140
–141

Oase FKK,
139

The Palace FKK,
138
,
139

Penthouse No.
1

hotel-brothel,
124

prostitutes in,
123
–124

red-light districts (RLDs),
106
,
107
–108,
122
,
124
–144,
124
–145,
181
,
184

Rotes Haus (Red House) hotel-brothel,
129
,
133

street prostitution,
120
–121

strip clubs,
121

Sudfass Sauna Club,
140
,
141

tax evasion/payments by sex industry,
120

tourists per annum,
108

World FKK,
139

French, Dolores,
8
,
29
,
37

G-String Divas
(television series),
8

Galactic Zone (Chiapas, Mexico),
90
–91

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