Current Status
Prostitution is legal, but operating brothels or other forms of pimping or coercive prostitution and prostitution of minors are prohibited, as is living off someone else's prostitution.
Prostitution is present in various forms in the country and a 2007 US State Department report stated that many women who worked as prostitutes were employed in massage parlors and escort services that functioned as brothels, although technically illegal. Prostitution is the only profession in Poland that is not taxed, but sex workers may be asked by authorities to prove that is what they do, since prostitution is not recognized as legitimate work, and therefore receive no social benefits.
Various attempts have been made to limit overt street prostitution. One legislator, Artur Zawisza, a Catholic member of the breakaway "Right of the Republic" party (Prawica Rzeczypospolitej), wanted a ban on miniskirts as well as heavy makeup and see-through or low-cut blouses.
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