Claim: Viral claims have accurately reported that sex workers in the late-19th and early-20th centuries used small candles that burnt quickly to time their sexual interactions with clients.
Fact-check: Sex Workers Once Used 'Brothel Candles' to Time Sex with Clients?
Verdict: Unproven
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Date published: 2024-04-28T13:00:04