Tara Atkins<\/strong>, the operation\u2019s managing madams, in conjunction with the release of a new video, \u201cThe Power of Human Touch,\u201d which tells the oft-overlooked aspects of the legal commercial sex industry in the state.<\/p>\n\u201cAdkins and Barnes have worked at Mustang Ranch for almost 20 years, and believe courtesans offer services that go beyond just the act of selling sex,\u201d Bieker wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cAdkins mentioned a mother of an autistic man who brought him from New York to Reno for an appointment.\u00a0 And a regular who started coming to the ranch after an accident left him paralyzed from the neck down.\u00a0 Many of these clients aren\u2019t looking for sex, the madams said, and those who are regard the ranch as a judgment-free space.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nevada is the only state in the country that allows legal brothels to operate, but only in a handful of rural counties.\u00a0 Prostitution is still illegal in Washoe and Clark counties, home to Reno and Las Vegas respectively.<\/p>\n
Nevada\u2019s brothels are licensed, taxed and heavily regulated by the counties in which they operate.\u00a0 The women who work independently at the various ranches are required to undergo an FBI background check, obtain a work card from the local sheriff and pass regular medical tests to protect them and their clientele from sexually transmitted diseases.<\/p>\n
There has never been a single case of AIDS\/HIV traced back to a legal Nevada brothel.<\/p>\n
Not good enough, say brothel bashers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe idea that they are providing some sort of a therapeutic service like a massage or something, it\u2019s just that PR firm trying to put, you know, lipstick on a pig, essentially,\u201d Jason Guinasso<\/strong>, a creepy Reno lawyer who has labored unsuccessfully for years to shut the industry down, told Bieker.<\/p>\nGuinasso maintains \u201cthat the correlation between the legal sex industry in our state and illegal sex trafficking are inextricably linked.\u201d<\/p>\n
Absurd.\u00a0 That\u2019s like saying the correlation between legal drug stores (e.g., CVS and Walgreens) in our state and illegal drug trafficking are inextricably linked.<\/p>\n
But to give you an even better idea of just how deranged the \u201cthinking\u201d of this guy and his disciples is, get this\u2026<\/p>\n
On Thursday Guinasso tweeted out a link to a \u201cDirty Dozen\u201d website naming Nevada as a \u201cmajor contributor to sexual exploitation\u201d because of our legal brothels \u2013 despite the fact that every woman who works in one does so of their own free will.<\/p>\n
But these sex-obsessed crusaders went even further by bemoaning the election results of a recent Guinasso-led ballot initiative\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201c(N)early 81% of the voters in Lyon County, Nevada voted to keep brothels legal in 2018. This made 81% of Lyon County citizens complicit in the sex trade, and therefore complicit in the sexual exploitation – and even sex trafficking – of countless women.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nGot that?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not just the vermin who are actually involved in illegal sex trafficking; it\u2019s the average voter \u2013 many of whom are churchgoers, by the way \u2013 who are guilty of sexual exploitation simply for voting to live and let live when it comes to Nevada\u2019s legal and safe brothels.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re ALL<\/u> sex traffickers now!<\/p>\n
Lance Gilman<\/strong>, owner of the Mustang Ranch, \u201cbelieves brothels are an easy target for anti-trafficking campaigns,\u201d but points out that \u201cthe real threats come from unlicensed establishments where the connection to the sex trade is already implied.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cFor example,\u201d Gilman told Bieker, \u201cit\u2019s rampant in the massage industry\u201d where \u201cthere\u2019s no oversight\u201d and \u201cno work cards.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the other thing that happens,\u201d he continued, \u201cis so much of the trafficking takes place, like, for example, in Las Vegas and the hotels. The criminal element has found a way to make an incredible amount of off-tax money by operating at something that\u2019s so much in demand.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nExactly.\u00a0 Nevada\u2019s high rate of sex trafficking is fueled almost entirely by Las Vegas \u2013 where legal brothels are PROHIBITED<\/u> and the nearest legal brothel is an hour-and-a-half drive away.<\/p>\n
Indeed, it\u2019s the ABSENCE<\/u> of legal brothels in Clark County that fuels the illegal market there, not the legal brothels in neighboring Nye County.\u00a0 In fact, illegal prostitution is practically non-existent in counties where brothels are legally operating.<\/p>\n
Gilman favors regulating prostitution \u201cjust like gaming\u201d to protect both the women who work in the industry and the public.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt should happen within four walls, with strong oversight and administration by the government, so that the right people get involved and the right controls are involved,\u201d Gilman argues.\u00a0 \u201c(None of the women are) going to be hurt on our watch. That doesn\u2019t happen in the outside world. They\u2019re vulnerable.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nIn Lance Gilman\u2019s world, the women who work voluntarily in the legal commercial sex industry are safe.<\/p>\n
In Jason Guinasso\u2019s world, women working in the illegal commercial sex industry, including minors, are often in it against their will, abused, physically assaulted and even killed.<\/p>\n
In an intellectual battle royale between Gilman and Guinasso on this issue, the Mustang Ranch business owner would crush the creepy Reno lawyer any day ending in \u201cy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alas, we\u2019ll never get to see it.<\/p>\n
Guinasso is a \u201ckeyboard warrior\u201d who does all his \u201cfighting\u201d on social media and in paper lawsuits.\u00a0 If he ever DID<\/u> \u201cman up\u201d and agree to debate Gilman one-on-one\/face-to-face on this issue, he\u2019d have to be outfitted with a pair of Depends under his mom jeans.<\/p>\n
Boy, would I ever pay good money to see THAT<\/u>!<\/p>\n
Mr. Muth is president of Citizen Outreach, a limited-government grassroots advocacy organization, and government affairs counsel to the Nevada Brothel Association.\u00a0 His views are his own.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Chuck Muth) – Matt Bieker of Reno News & Review inked an excellent, comprehensive column this week on the Mustang Ranch, one of Nevada\u2019s legal brothels located just outside Reno in Storey County. Mr. Bieker took advantage of an open house tour hosted by Jennifer Barnes and Tara Atkins, the operation\u2019s managing madams, in conjunction […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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