Criminalizing prostitution

[mirrorshard]

Historically, criminalizing particular activities has been quite easy to get around. One of the classic mechanisms for evading this has been to supply said activity as a completely free adjunct to some harmless entertainment... oh, by the way, there's a £50 cover charge. I recall reading about theatrical performances put on for people to enjoy, entirely gratis and purely casually, while they consumed a surprisingly expensive box of chocolates.

And this will help to further institutionalize the definitely-not-a-brothel model where the house collects the money and lets a little of it trickle down.

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[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

Very true, particularly the last part. Criminalising activities without obvious victims is always tricky, which is why attempts to curb drug use through the criminal law have completely and utterly backfired.