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How would robotic prostitutes change the sex tourism industry? Now that's a question most of us probably haven't spent too much time thinking about!!!
Brothels for robotic sex workers make sense, especially if sexbots would prove expensive to own — or perhaps, eventually, sentient — but why limit these brothels to traditional red light regions like Amsterdam or Nevada? The paper notes that, even if we're getting down with robots instead of humans, mechanical prostitution might not be legal everywhere. Just in 2009, the Alabama Supreme Court upheld a ban on the sale of sex toys, although similar statutes have been struck down by courts in other states. Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court Case that struck down anti-sodomy laws on the grounds that the state had no legitimate state interests that could intrude on the right to liberty and privacy in consensual sexual acts. Prostitution comes with the added wrinkle that sex workers may be coerced — physically or financially — into sex, but there's no such issue with non-sentient robotic sex workers. Would US courts find that the rights to sexual privacy and liberty change once our sex toys look and — to some extent — act like humans? Will our perceptions of prostitution change if we make a gradual slide from non-sentient to sentient robotic sex workers?
Brothel owner upset over investigative fees Sounds like the county wanted to collect more money from a reputable businessman who they thought had some pretty deep pockets. Talk about taking advantage of a situation!
Hof acquired two brothels from Joe Richards in Crystal and Lathrop Wells, the former Cherry Patch I and II. First he was charged a $5,000 investigative fee for the brothel license to open the Love Ranch South in Crystal and a $500 liquor license application fee, then a $5,000 investigative fee for the Area 51/Death Valley Alien Cathouse brothel license and a $500 liquor license fee.