Photo ~ Susan Austin, the madam for the Mustang Ranch brothel, center, talks with sex workers Jaylynn Jones, left, and Amaris inside the Mustang Ranch brothel in Sparks, Nevada. Austin said that a lot of clients "don’t have the discretionary income they had six years ago, five years ago."
Visitors select from a lineup of women, negotiate a price and pay a cashier in advance. The women, independent contractors, say they typically give half to the house. Dennis Hof, owner of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, said his customers spend $200 to $600 on average.
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Barb Brents, a sociology professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas said: "They don’t bother anybody. Brothels operate on an idea that men are a certain way and women are a certain way and there’s a need for these services."