Prostitution in Nevada

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There's a programme on Radio 4 on it now for anyone interested. Not sure what tack it will take.

I heard the first five minutes or so before I got out of the car and the voice of Alice just made me think of a child right away. The fact that she's 4ft9 and the biggest earner...I couldn't bear any more.

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That was a tough listen. It's crossing continents if anyone wishes to listen to it on catch up.

This is an article from Julie Bindel, from 2007 on the brothels in Nevada.

www.theguardian.com/world/2007/sep/07/usa.gender

Didn’t Louis Theroux do one of his docos on this a while back. He went to a brothel in Nevada. All the prostitutes were trying to act convinced that it was a much better set up. As usual with Theroux, He was able to coax out their true sadness underneath it all.

I think Julie Bindel included the Nevada brothels in her book, too. I remember reading an article/passage - I think a woman with learning difficulties had been sold to a brothel owner. It was ok though, as another woman always listened outside the door when she saw a client in case the men "realised what they'd got" I may be paraphrasing but I'm sure that was the gist of it.

Thanks for this. Will have a listen later.

I was quite surprised by this, I thought the BBC had completely been taken over by idiots.