Legalizing Prostitution: From Illicit Vice to Lawful Business (60 page)

prostitution policy,
48
,
50
,
51
,
74
,
213
–214 (
see also
two-track prostitution policy)

red-light districts (RLDs),
107

sex industry, spending on,
3
–4

strip clubs,
4
,
6

telephone sex, attitudes toward,
6

tolerance of certain vices, increasing,
47
–50

Trafficking Victims Protection Act (2000),
48

Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) (2005),
69

X-rated films released annually,
4

X-rated films viewed annually,
4

University of Nevada Center for Survey Research poll,
51

“upselling,”
192
–193

U.S. Justice Department,
64
,
70
,
71

U.S. State Department: Farley, Melissa,
65

Hughes, Donna,
69
,
70

“Link between Prostitution and Sex Trafficking,”
64

Nevada brothels, funding for report on,
65

Trafficking in Persons Report
,
66

Utrecht, the Netherlands,
151
,
152
,
167
–168

Van Traa Project (the Netherlands),
159
,
160

Vancouver, Canada,
5

vice, indoor
vs.
public,
82

victimization while working: bar or casino workers,
26

brothel workers,
26
,
95

call girls/escorts,
26
–27,
95

criminalization of prostitution,
49

escort agency employees,
26
–27

indoor prostitutes,
24
,
25
–27

of prostitutes,
13
,
14
,
19
–20

reporting of,
49

streetwalkers,
25
–26,
95

Victoria, Australia,
92
–93,
94

Vietnam,
23

Villa Tinto brothel (Antwerp),
111
,
112

violence prevention,
57

visibility, public,
17
,
208
–209

Wagenaar, Hendrik,
153

Warwick, Rhode Island,
60

Watkins, Paul,
54
–55

well-being of sex workers,
27
–30

Wellington, New Zealand,
98

Western Australia: brothels in,
79

legalization of prostitution,
16
,
78
,
97
,
238
n95

prostitution, attitudes toward,
79

Whore Carnival
(Bell),
7

window owners.
See
brothel owners/window owners

window prostitution,
186
–196

in Alkmaar,
152
,
166

in Amsterdam,
18
,
147
–148,
160
–166,
165
,
177
,
186
–196,
201

in Antwerp,
18
,
109
,
111
,
114

in Brussels,
109

crowds gathered before a window,
190

duration of encounters,
31

exploitation by third parties,
17

fraternization among,
114

in Germany,
83
,
119

“girlfriend experience” in (GFE),
191
–192,
196

in The Hague,
151

hours worked,
187

as a hybrid type,
18

impact on community,
17

income,
187

job satisfaction,
187

location of services,
17

in the Netherlands,
151
–152,
154

online discussions about,
191
–195

opportunistic clients of,
189

outcall work by,
195

“performances” by,
187
–188,
191

photographing and video recording of,
188
–189

pimping and,
198

prices charged,
17

public visibility,
17

rates for services,
195

in red-light districts (RLDs),
111
,
114

safety of,
198

second-story windows,
190

tour groups,
190

transgender women among,
111
,
186

“upselling” by,
192
–193

Wolfenden Committee,
53
,
57
,
209

worker cooperatives,
213

World Sex Guide,
105

World Values Survey,
79

X-rated films,
4

Yab Yum Club (Amsterdam),
162
,
170
–171

zones.
See
prostitution zones

RONALD WEITZER
is Professor of Sociology at George Washington University and author or editor of several books, including
Sex for Sale: Prostitution, Pornography, and the Sex Industry
and
Race and Policing in America: Conflict and Reform
.