Along The Strip and Fremont, many forms of sex-related businesses are common: sex-related supply stores, topless bars, and motels with "adult" (i.e., explicit sex) movie channels. The Las Vegas telephone book has 106 pages of "entertainers-adult." [By comparison, the telephone book only has 3 pages of engineers and 11 pages of car rentals]. Most of these pages have 2.5 x 2.5 inch photos of women's faces. Included on each ad is a telephone number and such phrases as "actual photo; one call could put you in paradise; hot and ready for the time of your life; nothing too nasty; call 24 hours; looking for a playmate; direct to your room in 30 minutes or less; totally nude in 30 minutes in your hotel room; call me up! I'll come down; nasty college girl direct to you," and so on. You get the idea!
In addition, along The Strip in the evening men hand out cards with color photos of women willing to sell their services; and boxes, similar to newspaper stands, line the sidewalks with colored brochures of very explicit sexual poses by women. Remember that prostitution is illegal in Clark County, in which Las Vegas is located!
What is explicitly and
implicitly being
advertised in this massage salon?
Answer: the sign, on the side of the building, advertises that the salon employs partially nude women and is open 24 hours. Clearly more than "just" massages are being offered here: sexual encounters (illegal in this county)
Nevada is unique among U.S. states because in most of its counties prostitution is legal.
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Created by Ingolf Vogeler on 1 May 1996; last revised on 28 January 2003.
