Is it legal?
Honestly you need to check your own state or national laws. Even in Las Vegas prostitution is illegal, except in certain counties.
Here is the California law -
647. Every person who commits any of the following acts is guilty
of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor:
(a) Who solicits anyone to engage in or who engages in lewd or
dissolute conduct in any public place or in any place open to the
public or exposed to public view.
(b) Who solicits or who agrees to engage in or who engages in any
act of prostitution. A person agrees to engage in an act of
prostitution when, with specific intent to so engage, he or she
manifests an acceptance of an offer or solicitation to so engage,
regardless of whether the offer or solicitation was made by a person
who also possessed the specific intent to engage in prostitution. No
agreement to engage in an act of prostitution shall constitute a
violation of this subdivision unless some act, in addition to the
agreement, is done within this state in furtherance of the commission
of an act of prostitution by the person agreeing to engage in that
act. As used in this subdivision, "prostitution" includes any lewd
act between persons for money or other consideration.
So if its in a public place tickling might be considered lewd behavior. If there was touching of the genitals of either person then it might be considered prostitution regardless of the public space. I think one of the house ladies might better define how they can get away wtih touching the genital areas and skirt the law, I'd love to hear the logistics on that (personally its none o the states damn business 😉.
653.20. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
apply:
(a) "Commit prostitution" means to engage in sexual conduct for
money or other consideration, but does not include sexual conduct
engaged in as a part of any stage performance, play, or other
entertainment open to the public.
(b) "Public place" means an area open to the public, or an alley,
plaza, park, driveway, or parking lot, or an automobile, whether
moving or not, or a building open to the general public, including
one which serves food or drink, or provides entertainment, or the
doorways and entrances to a building or dwelling, or the grounds
enclosing a building or dwelling.
(c) "Loiter" means to delay or linger without a lawful purpose for
being on the property and for the purpose of committing a crime as
opportunity may be discovered.
So if you hire a prostitute and make it a performance art piece in your home where people are watching, its okay 😉. Also by this definition tickling would, if in a non-public place, is okay. Tickling and a hand job is a no-no!
266e. Every person who purchases, or pays any money or other
valuable thing for, any person for the purpose of prostitution as
defined in subdivision (b) of Section 647, or for the purpose of
placing such person, for immoral purposes, in any house or place
against his or her will, is guilty of a felony.
No trading your Magic cards, that's a no-no!
So the mory of this storal is this. If you want to pickle a trostitute because you're a gorney huy or a gorney hurl, make sure you don't do it in a plublic pace, or the waddy pagon will take you away to the senal pystem.