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Prostitutes and clients conversing at the Palais Royal, Paris, in 1800.Ink and watercolour. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Prostitution in France (the exchange of sexual acts for money) was legal until April 2016, but several surrounding activities were illegal, like operating a brothel, living off the avails (), and paying for sex with someone under the age of 18 (the age of consent for ...
In 1791, the French revolutionaries decriminalized prostitution. [ note 1 ] [ 4 ] However, the population was worried about the increase of prostitutes and the threat of syphilis . On 4 October 1793, the Commune of Paris issued a regulatory order forbidding prostitutes to stand in public spaces to "incite to debauchery". [ 5 ]
Alongside this legal public prostitution, are private institutions (hotels, taverns and fr:bordelages) and prostitutes who worked on the street or went from hotel to hotel. [7] Under Philippe-Auguste an irregular militia, the Ribauds, was instituted around 1189, to whom the policing of the public girls was entrusted in Paris.
Prostitution in Overseas France varies from area to area with regard to extent, law enforcement and legality. Overseas France (French: France d'outre-mer) consists of all the French-administered territories outside Continental Europe. These territories have varying legal status and different levels of autonomy.
Prostitution in France (the exchange of sexual acts for money) was legal until April 2016, but several surrounding activities were illegal, like operating a brothel, living off the avails (pimping), and paying for sex with someone under the age of 18 (the age of consent for sex is 15). [161]
Loi Marthe Richard (Marthe Richard Law) of 13 April 1946 abolished the regime of regulated prostitution in France that had been in force since 1804. It required the closure of brothels ("maisons de tolérance"). The law bears the name of Marthe Richard, who was a municipal councillor of Paris but not a parliamentary representative. [1]
Anti-human trafficking advocates across the state have been actively educating legislators since January 2023 about the need to change solicitation of prostitution from a misdemeanor to a felony.
The Brigade de répression du proxénétisme (BRP) is a judicial police service of the French National Police, responsible for the surveillance of prostitution and the repression of procuring. The service has had various forms of organization during the course of its history.