A brothel is a place where people may come to engage in sexual activity with a prostitute. Technically, any place where prostitution commonly takes place is a brothel, but in places where prostitution or the operation of brothels is illegal, establishments may attempt to disguise their involvement in prostitution by referring to their business as something else, such as a massage parlor, a bar, or a strip club.
Watch Live Sex Shows anywhere in the world! Brothels are legal only in some parts of the world , though some illegal brothels may be tolerated. In many countries where brothels are officially illegal , the laws are ignored; brothels in such countries may be tolerated and regulated by authorities. Brothels can be called also as whorehouses, sex clubs, bordellos, casas, spas, ranches, cathouses etc.
You can find the list of brothels in each location from WikiSexGuide. There are many different type of brothels. Here are few examples of different parts of the world:. From the French bordel , ca. The French word "bordel" comes from the old German word "Bord", which means "board". This word was used to describe the shacks made of boards in which prostitution occurred.
The word "bord" was firstly transformed by the French to "borde", then quickly became "bordel". Brothels are known under a variety of names, including bordello , cathouse , knocking shop , whorehouse , strumpet house , sporting house , house of ill repute , house of ill fame , house of prostitution , and pleasure house. Under English criminal law, a brothel is commonly referred to as a disorderly house.
Brothels are sex businesses and vary in size and style, as do the range of sexual services each offers. They operate using a variety of business models:. In a brothel, sexual activity involves a prostitute or sex worker providing sexual services to a client. In most cases the prostitute is at liberty to determine whether she or he will engage in a particular type of sexual activity, but forced prostitution exists in some places around the world as does sexual slavery.
