# It it illegal to hire a prostitute for something other than sex? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 10, 2011, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-it-illegal-to-hire-a-prostitute-for-something-other-than-sex/588494 "2011-07-10T08:57:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-it-illegal-to-hire-a-prostitute-for-something-other-than-sex/588494/21 "2011-07-10T22:37:18Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > I don’t think it would be illegal, as escort services purportedly are asking for payment for companionship (“dates”) not sex. I wonder if the girl would be relieved, confused, or angry if you said you actually didn’t want to have sex. According to a friend who’s a former sex worker, meeting with a guy who doesn’t actually want sex (or anything kinky in its place) isn’t that rare, though it often happened with men they’d seen multiple times. Not all women can play the game, though. I imagine having a bad actor pretend to like snuggling is just as bad as them pretending to enjoy intercourse, if not worse. Also, some sex workers, especially street prostitutes, will likely see this as a waste of time (since you’re not going to ‘finish’ quickly). Third the suggestion of a massage. There’s a reason people don’t all just spring for massage chairs. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-it-illegal-to-hire-a-prostitute-for-something-other-than-sex/588494/22 "2011-07-11T14:43:49Z")
> [@Watchmaker](#): > > I was wondering if it would be considered illegal to hire an escort for services other than sex, … I’ve little specific advice to offer, but the phrasing of your question (“Is it illegal?”) raises a big question mark in my mind. Was this just a sideways way to phrase your question, or are you actually worried about being arrested (or embarrassed somehow by law enforcement)? If arrest is your worry, I’d suggest that tendency for excessive caution might be part of your problem. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-it-illegal-to-hire-a-prostitute-for-something-other-than-sex/588494/23 "2011-07-11T14:43:52Z")
You could hire her to come over and clean your apartment. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-it-illegal-to-hire-a-prostitute-for-something-other-than-sex/588494/24 "2011-07-11T15:15:41Z")
> [@mittu](#): > > Paying cash in hand would be illegal I would think. I doubt that the prostitute is going to declare the income and pay tax on it so there would be an illegal act right there. I was under the impression that cash was legal tender for all debts public and private; heck, it even says so right on the bills. You pay your debts however you like; the burden of reporting the income (and paying the tax on it) is up to the recipient. If paying in cash is illegal, then when I was a kid my neighbor was breaking the law every time he handed me a $20 bill for cutting his grass (and no, I never did report the income :D). In prostitution busts I’ve seen one TV (in which either the customer or the prostitute is an undercover officer), the miscreant is required to confirm that the money is being exchanged for specific sexual acts. If you’re giving a woman money specifically to do something _other_ than sex (e.g. backrubs, cuddling, hugging), there’s nothing to bust you for. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-it-illegal-to-hire-a-prostitute-for-something-other-than-sex/588494/25 "2011-07-12T06:27:07Z")
> [@SleepyDuck](#): > > So this hooker sidles up to me and says she’ll do anything for $100. > > Anything? I ask. > > _Anything_ she reiterates. > > Great, says I, here’s $100. Paint my house. > > Sorry, just an antique joke that popped in to my head when I read the thread title. I thought this was Chris Rock original. He told it on his 1st appearance on Def Comedy Jam. “Bitch, paint my house!” and it was $300. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-it-illegal-to-hire-a-prostitute-for-something-other-than-sex/588494.md?page=1)