# Limits of Prostitution

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limits-of-prostitution/680355>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 2, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limits-of-prostitution/680355 "2014-02-02T16:10:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limits-of-prostitution/680355/41 "2014-02-04T20:14:50Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> Waitaminute. I heard an interview with the entrepreneur behind the snuggling venture. He swears there was nothing but snuggling going on. There didn’t _have_ to be, he was making money with snuggling. He trained his male and female employees on how to behave if clients pushed the envelope. He believes he was railroaded.

I was only reporting about the level of scrutiny that occurred. I have no idea what was actually going on.

IMHO there is a bit of an Ewww factor in paying to be snuggled by a stranger. But some guys pay to go down on a prostitute. Different strokes I guess.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limits-of-prostitution/680355/42 "2014-02-05T05:04:46Z")

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> [@pkbites](#):
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> There was a business recently in Madison, WI that was selling hugs for an hour and the authorities were all over them.

You must be referring to [this news article](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/patrick-boyle/confessions-of-a-professi_b_4152478.html) or any similar article. Note that there are other similar businesses mentioned.

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> A Penfield, New York, woman has started a cuddle for hire business. She charges $60 an hour to snuggle.  
> – CNN, July 2012
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> The Snuggle House, a new business in Madison where customers can cuddle with young staff members for $60 an hour, postponed opening this week after failing to convince city attorneys it wasn’t a front for prostitution.  
> – The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 2013

And an article from several months ago [about a similar entrepreneur somewhere in Oregon](http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/11/professional_cuddler_samantha.html).

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**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limits-of-prostitution/680355/43 "2014-02-05T15:25:22Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> Let’s drop it. In the future just make it clear when you’re joking.

You’re joking, right?

(I’m joking.)

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