{"id":702,"date":"2019-05-25T17:55:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T17:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nevadabrothelassociation.com\/?p=702"},"modified":"2019-05-25T18:01:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T18:01:05","slug":"why-the-brothel-banners-hide-in-plain-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nevadabrothelassociation.com\/why-the-brothel-banners-hide-in-plain-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Brothel-Banners Hide in Plain Sight"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Chuck Muth)<\/em> \u2013 A pair of anti-brothel crusaders, Melissa Holland<\/strong> and Laila Mickelwait<\/strong>, inked a column on Friday that once again demonstrates exactly why they hide behind blog posts, social media and videos\u2026<\/p>\n

Like vampires, the light of day kills their arguments.<\/p>\n

Indeed, when brothel-banner Julie Bindel<\/strong> went head-to-head against UNLV brothel researcher Christina Parreira<\/strong> in a BBC-hosted debate<\/a> last month, Parreira cleaned Bindel\u2019s clock. Shot down every one of her arguments like Tom Cruise<\/strong> shooting down those Russian MiG\u2019s over the Indian Ocean in \u201cTop Gun.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also why, during last fall\u2019s campaign in Lyon County, Nevada to ban legal brothels there, the ballot question sponsors refused to debate the issue in a series of townhall meetings with Alice Little<\/strong> and Ruby Rae<\/strong>, a pair of legal courtesans at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch.<\/p>\n

They KNEW<\/u> Alice and Ruby would rip their arguments to shreds if they were actually forced to back up their misrepresentations and propaganda.<\/p>\n

Which is why Holland, Mickelwait and others hide behind blog posts and videos.\u00a0 Their arguments and claims simply can\u2019t survive scrutiny and cross-examination.<\/p>\n

For example, Holland and Mickelwait started off yesterday\u2019s disinformation blog post thusly\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cForty-eight years ago prostitution was legalized in Nevada and as a result, Nevada has developed into a breeding ground for sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation.\u00a0 In fact, Nevada has the highest rate of prostitution in the country – its illegal sex trade is 63% higher than the next highest state.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

First off, prostitution wasn\u2019t legalized in Nevada.\u00a0 What actually happened is that Nevada allowed rural counties to legalize, license and regulate brothels if they so chose.\u00a0 Brothels were NOT<\/u> legalized in Clark and Washoe counties \u2013 where Las Vegas and Reno are located.<\/p>\n

As such, it\u2019s a darn-near criminal misrepresentation to claim that \u201cNevada\u201d is a \u201cbreeding ground\u201d for sex trafficking when those highly-questionable statistics are actually based on Las Vegas and Reno where legal brothels are banned.<\/p>\n

Buy, hey, why let facts get in the way of a false argument designed to create mass hysteria, right?<\/p>\n

Next comes the claim that \u201clegal prostitution increases the demand for prostitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oh, puh-lease.\u00a0 The nearest legal brothel to the Las Vegas Strip is almost 90 minutes away.\u00a0 Which means most clients and providers of consensual adult sexual interaction opt for the risk of engaging illegally in their Las Vegas hotel room rather than spend three hours driving back-and-forth in a car.<\/p>\n

The notion that a legal brothel located an hour-and-a-half away \u201cincreases the demand\u201d for sex-for-fee services is laughable on its face.<\/p>\n

Of course, no hysteria-inducing propaganda campaign is complete without invoking \u201cthe children.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Nevada alone,\u201d Holland and Mickelwait blubber, \u201cthere is a demand for over 20,000 innocent women and children sold online every year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source?\u00a0 Back-up?\u00a0 Substantiation?<\/p>\n

None.\u00a0 Of course.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn order to abolish sex trafficking, we must eliminate the demand for prostitution,\u201d the Disinformation Duo continues. \u00a0\u201cThe demand elimination strategy is the only way to put pimps and traffickers out of business.\u201d<\/p>\n

First, you\u2019re never going to \u201celiminate the demand\u201d for paid sex.\u00a0 That\u2019s why it\u2019s called the \u201cworld\u2019s oldest profession.\u201d<\/p>\n

Secondly, the \u201cdemand elimination strategy\u201d has never worked and never will.\u00a0 Let history be your guide.\u00a0 Remember \u201cprohibition\u201d on alcohol and gaming?\u00a0 And how\u2019s that \u201cwar on drugs\u201d thing worked out?<\/p>\n

You\u2019re barking up the wrong tree, ladies.\u00a0 As failed social experiments go, your \u201cdemand elimination strategy\u201d is right there at the top of the list.<\/p>\n

They did get one thing correct, though, when they argued that \u201cwomen in prostitution shouldn\u2019t be arrested.\u201d\u00a0 Which, ahem, is exactly the case when it comes to Nevada\u2019s legal brothels – which they’re trying to shut down!<\/p>\n

But then they go on to argue that, instead, the clients \u201cshould be arrested and their crimes should be felony-level offenses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Um, why should a consensual act between two adults be illegal for one party but not the other?\u00a0 Makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.<\/p>\n

This ridiculous proposal is what\u2019s called the \u201cNordic model\u201d \u2013 a thoroughly discredited idea that supporters trot out as some kind of silver bullet that\u2019ll cleanse society and usher in a new Era of Moral Nirvana.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a future best viewed through rose-colored glasses while riding a unicorn.<\/p>\n

\u201cLegal prostitution in Nevada has brought severe harm to the women and girls who\u2019ve been pulled into prostitution over the last 48 years,\u201d Holland and Mickelwait conclude.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s time to end the toxic prostitution industry in Nevada. It has to stop. Now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because (heads up Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority): \u201cNevada is not safe for women.\u201d<\/p>\n

Except\u2026<\/p>\n

That opinion isn\u2019t shared by the grown, adult, consenting women who actually work in Nevada\u2019s legal brothels.\u00a0 Here\u2019s just a small sampling of their take on the subject\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u201cIn the brothels, we have the choice, always, to say which clients we will say yes and no to. We have staff that would never let a man hurt us, and we have a clientele that do not come here to hurt us.\u201d \u2013 Ruby Rae<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 \u201cI\u2019m not \u2018exploited.\u2019 I\u2019m not \u2018trafficked.\u2019 I\u2019m not \u2018brainwashed.\u2019 I don\u2019t need to be \u2018saved.\u2019 I\u2019ve freely chosen this line of work, which is a legal, private transaction between consenting adults.\u201d \u2013 Paris Envy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 \u201cWe are human beings who chose to do sex work of our own free will. We get treated with respect and like family at the brothels. It\u2019s a job just like any other job. We sell a service that all humans need.\u201d \u2013 Kiki Lover<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 \u201cSex work is definitely not my last resort or my only option \u2013 it is my CHOICE. I\u2019d like to continue to have the opportunity to make that choice legally.\u201d \u2013 Christina Parreira<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 \u201cIt\u2019s ILLEGAL sex work that exploits children. It\u2019s ILLEGAL sex work that traffics. It\u2019s ILLEGAL sex work that sees women exploited and abused by pimps.\u201d \u2013 Alice Little<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Adds Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard<\/strong> (D-HI)\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a consenting adult wants to engage in sex work, that is their right, and it should not be a crime. All people should have autonomy over their bodies and their labor.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Exactly.<\/p>\n

I thought we were supposed to trust women?\u00a0 \u201cMy body, my choice,\u201d right?\u00a0 So, um, who\u2019s gonna save these women from the \u201csaviors\u201d?<\/p>\n

Mr. Muth is president of Citizen Outreach, a limited-government grassroots advocacy organization, and government affairs counsel to the Nevada Brothel Association<\/em><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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