VIP treatment at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel owned by Dennis Hof, in Lyon County, one of the fews counties in the USA which permits legalized prostitution. Madame Suzette, who likes to say that she “manages the girls with an iron fist and a velvet glove”, is called “Mom” by the prostitutes. Each prostitute from out of state works and sleeps in one of the brothel's 30 rooms during the entire duration of her stay. The local ones are allowed to go home after their shift. The Moonlite Bunny Ranch was featured in HBO reality TV show “Cathouse: The Series” between 2005 and 2007. (Photo by Stephan Gladieu/Getty Images)





Brooke Taylor, one of the working girls, shares her bedroom with a Yorkshire Terrier named Bella, and likes to play the French horn in her free time, at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel owned by Dennis Hof, in Lyon County, one of the fews counties in the USA which permits legalized prostitution. (Photo by Stephan Gladieu/Getty Images)





Alexis, a prostitute, makes herself pretty for the next client at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel owned by Dennis Hof, in Lyon County, one of the fews counties in the USA which permits legalized prostitution. (Photo by Stephan Gladieu/Getty Images)





Prostitutes taking a break in a girl's room at the Bunny Ranch 2, part of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel owned by Dennis Hof, in Lyon County, one of the fews counties in the USA which permits legalized prostitution. (Photo by Stephan Gladieu/Getty Images)





The kitchen is the only non-smoking room in the house, where girls are allowed to eat at anytime of the day and food is always available, because of their work schedule at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel owned by Dennis Hof, in Lyon County, one of the fews counties in the USA which permits legalized prostitution. (Photo by Stephan Gladieu/Getty Images)





Brooke Taylor, one of the “stars” of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel owned by Dennis Hof, in Lyon County, one of the fews counties in the USA which permits legalized prostitution. Prostitutes are told to wear outfits that are s*xy but not vulgar. (Photo by Stephan Gladieu/Getty Images)





Three working girls are having a “girl talk” while waiting for customers, in the parlor at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel owned by Dennis Hof, in Lyon County, one of the fews counties in the USA which permits legalized prostitution. (Photo by Stephan Gladieu/Getty Images)





Abbey, a prostitute, makes herself pretty for the next client at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel owned by Dennis Hof, in Lyon County, one of the fews counties in the USA which permits legalized prostitution. (Photo by Stephan Gladieu/Getty Images)





The kitchen is the only non-smoking room in the house, where girls are allowed to eat at anytime of the day and food is always available, because of their work schedule at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel owned by Dennis Hof, in Lyon County, one of the fews counties in the USA which permits legalized prostitution. (Photo by Stephan Gladieu/Getty Images)





Every Thursday evening prostitutes have an opportunity to buy new “work clothes” from a salesman who comes to the ranch to sell outfits to the girls at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel owned by Dennis Hof, in Lyon County, one of the fews counties in the USA which permits legalized prostitution. (Photo by Stephan Gladieu/Getty Images)





Scarlet Angel, 2nd from right, and Air Force Amber, right (their prostitute names), take a lunch break on November 18, 2010 in the kitchen of the Love Ranch, a brothel located on the outskirts of Carson City, the state capital of Nevada, where prostitution is legal. Angel used to be a stay at home mom in Florida. “I had the American Dream”, she says, “A house, two kids, a husband with a good job”. After her husband lost his job and their house was repossessed, Angel moved to Nevada with her two kids to work as a prostitute. “It's the only way I can provide for my children”. Amber served in Iraq in the U.S. Army before working for Apple and Disney in San Francisco. After losing her jobs, she resorted to prostitution to help her grandmother. She works and lives in her room at the Love Ranch during the week. (Photo by Gilles Mingasson/Getty Images)





Harmony Gabriel (her prostitute name), 20, is the top earner on November 18, 2010 at the Love Ranch, a brothel located on the outskirts of Carson City, the state capital of Nevada, where prostitution is legal. “I am every man's dream”, she says, “the girlfiend that they will never have”. Gabriel makes over $100,000 a year, after a 50% split with the brothel's manager. A prostitute since she was 16, Gabriel choose the profession because “the money is great”. Several women working at the Love Ranch, however, used to lead regular lives (U.S. Amy soldier, stay at home mom) but have resorted to prostitution beause of the current economic crisis in the United States. Some live in the rooms where they work, and don't have a car to drive to town. (Photo by Gilles Mingasson/Getty Images)





Summoned by a loud speaker upo a new client's arrival (foreground), prostitutes line up to be inspected, and hope to be choosen, on November 18, 2010 at the Love Ranch, a brothel located on the outskirts of Carson City, the state capital of Nevada, where prostitution is legal. Air Force Amber (her prostitute name), fourth from right, hopes to be choosen. Amber served in Iraq in the U.S. Army before working for Apple and Disney in San Francisco. After losing her jobs, she resorted to prostitution to help her grandmotherSeveral women working at the Love Ranch used to lead regular lives (secretary, stay at home mom, U.S. Army soldier) but have resorted to prostitution beause of the current economic crisis in the United States. Some live in the rooms where they work, and don't have a car to drive to town. (Photo by Gilles Mingasson/Getty Images)





Nap time for a working girl at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel owned by Dennis Hof, in Lyon County, one of the fews counties in the USA which permits legalized prostitution. (Photo by Stephan Gladieu/Getty Images)





Tea time at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel owned by Dennis Hof, in Lyon County, one of the fews counties in the USA which permits legalized prostitution. (Photo by Stephan Gladieu/Getty Images)





Two working girls entertaining themselves in the absence of customers at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel owned by Dennis Hof, in Lyon County, one of the fews counties in the USA which permits legalized prostitution. (Photo by Stephan Gladieu/Getty Images)





Two working girls getting ready for the next clients at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel owned by Dennis Hof, in Lyon County, one of the fews counties in the USA which permits legalized prostitution. (Photo by Stephan Gladieu/Getty Images)