Without unemployment benefits, many women in the industry have tried turning to creative options to make up for lost income, including phone sex lines and cam work. Both Lover and Little have been utilizing the online platform Onlyfans, a content-sharing platform that allows users to charge for access to videos, photos, and direct messaging.
According to Little, however, online options are only viable for women who have already built a client base willing to pay for access to their content. What are they supposed to do? Little said she knows some women who have had to start working independently without the protection of a legal system. It, if anything, weighs on the sheer economics of our country and the lack of protections available to sex workers. Multiple counties are allowing brothels to provide non-sexual escort services , but escorts are not allowed to utilize brothel facilities.
Little told the Reno-Gazette Journal that her clients are unwilling to travel for these services and are instead waiting for brothels to reopen. To those who think sex workers should find new jobs, Little says the stigma of their current job is a major barrier. Beyond the difficulty in leaving, many women also have no desire to leave the industry as long as they can continue to work safely.
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But they were fascinated by Little's life, and what it really means to be a "legal" sex worker in the United States. There are many types of sex work, but prostitution, specifically, is illegal in most of the U.
This isn't the case in Nevada, however, where prostitution was legalized in albeit with restrictions. Currently, prostitution is regulated in registered brothels in smaller counties in the state — meaning, cities like Las Vegas and Reno are excluded.
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