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Promoting prostitution is when someone helps a prostitute find customers or a place to work. It is also called pandering. It is against the law. It is also promoting prostitution when someone sells or shares sexual material like magazines or videos. This is also against the law.
Definition: Promoting prostitution is the act of recruiting a prostitute, finding a place of business for a prostitute, or soliciting customers for a prostitute. It is also the act of selling or distributing textual or visual material (such as magazines or videotapes) openly advertised to appeal to the recipient's sexual interest.
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These examples illustrate how promoting prostitution involves facilitating or encouraging the act of prostitution, whether it is through finding clients or creating and distributing sexual material. It is considered a criminal offense in many jurisdictions.