Imagine a mother and daughter spending the day window shopping, talking about all the hats and bags they want and comparing this shoe to that shoe and those pants to these skirts. This innocent scenario is seen all over the world, every day, and for a person to see it as dirty or immoral would be confusing and unimaginable. Now turn hats and bags into sex toys, shoes into peep shows and sex museums; and the trousers and skirts for prostitutes and prostitutes of almost every origin imaginable. This type of window dressing may seem inconceivable, but it actually has a long history, sometimes sanctioned by the government, in red light districts around the world and, perhaps surprisingly, in the United States. A red light district can be defined as a neighborhood where houses of prostitution are frequent or an area of a city containing many brothels, strip clubs, and other sexual businesses (Merriam-Webster). The boroughs were so named because 19th-century American railroad workers hung their lanterns outside brothels to mark them as houses where their compatriots could enjoy drinking, gambling, and prostitution (Sally). Brothels were generally classified in three different ways. First-class brothels, also called Parlor Houses, employed elegant, fashionably dressed prostitutes and were frequented by successful businessmen and popular entertainers. Second-class brothels integrated more easily into society and employed prostitutes who society typically called Street Walkers. They were dressed conservatively so as to appear more approachable. Both first- and second-class brothels were located on busy streets near respected businesses, while lower-class brothels, often called Bawdy Houses, were common... center of paper......13. Sonen, Michele Parco. “Healing the Multidimensional Wounds of Injustice Intersectionality and Korean “Comfort Women”” Berkeley La Raza Law Journal 22 (2012): 269-300. Print.Tyrrell, R. Emmett, Jr. “There's No Escaping the Sexual Revolution.” Editorial. American Spectator August 1997: 18. Premier of academic research. Network. November 10, 2013.Walt, Vivienne. "Vice versa." Time International (Atlantic edition) 172.10 (2008): 38-40. Premier of academic research. Network. November 6, 2013. Willman-Navarro A. “Money and Sex: What Economics Should Do for Sex Work Research.” Money and sex: What economics should do for sex work research. | POPLINE.org. Np, June 2006. Web. November 10, 2013. Willman-Navarro A. “Money and Sex: What Economics Should Do for Sex Work Research.” Money and sex: What economics should do for sex work research. | POPLINE.org. Np, June 2006. Web. 10 November. 2013.
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