Brothels and Disorderly Acts
Public Space: The Journal of Law and Social Justice, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1-39, 2007
39 Pages Posted: 11 Dec 2015
Date Written: January 1, 2007
Abstract
Although brothels have been able to operate as legal businesses for more than a decade, they continue to be treated more restrictively than businesses with similar amenity impacts. This paper explores the idea that this restrictive treatment can be explained by the continued perception of brothels as disorderly, as 'matter out of place'. This is due in part to the historical association of brothels with disorder in terms of cleanliness, morality and the law. These historical associations have been maintained and reflected in the current regulation of the sex industry, generating fears of pollution and contamination on the strength of its disorderliness.
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