Here’s a thought that occurred to me while working today.

Say that we have two adults, one male and one female, sitting in a bar.  Say the female approaches the man and tells him that she’d have sex with him in exchange for some money.  The man agrees and the two go to a hotel room to carry out their transaction.

Now consider the same situation, but this time the man approaches the woman and asks her if she’d like to be paid to have sex with him in front of a video camera so that he can sell the recording on his website.  The woman agrees, and the two go to a hotel room to carry out their transaction.

Why is it that the first scenario is illegal in every state in this country (with the exception of Nevada) but the second isn’t illegal at all?

What, really, is the difference between porn and prostitution?