They reflect the confusion felt by lawyers and by the general public about work so clearly connected with sex.
Child prostitution is illegal nearly everywhere, but the law has little effect.
Prostitutes everywhere are persecuted. But it is illegal to solicit, to aid or abet a prostitute, live off their earnings, or run a brothel. There is no State protection. It is illegal to operate an hotel or a house for prostitution purposes, to live off a prostitute's earnings or to exploit a child for the purposes of prostitution. Transvestites are generally arrested for offending public morals.