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In movie westerns, there's often a brothel and a lot of prostitution. Today, in America, prostitution is only legal in some Nevada counties. What happened? How and when did prostitution go from common to firmly underground in America? NSFW

by /u/yodatsracist in /r/AskHistorians

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