Or hell, let's not forget why glam rock used to be a thing.
Money, alcohol and drugs.
In the article, I noticed how the brothel refuses to let its hookers leave, take 80% of their earnings, make them pay for their own STD tests they're made to get, sheriff's card, etc. Could you imagine a legit workplace doing this to their employees? They'd be sued and closed down so fast.
So would the brothels, because those claims are bullshit. Brothels take about 50% of the gross but cover room & board, security, payment processing, advertising, bar & restaurant for clients to meet them without using a "lineup," on-site clinic, STD testing, property maintenance, etc. Any worker can leave any time they want (lol wtf how could anybody take that claim "they refuse to let their workers leave" seriously?).
Workers have to be re-tested for STDs any time they enter the property to sell sex. That's why they tend not to leave during a scheduled stay (usually 3 weeks long, but that's not a requirement) and it's also why workers prefer not to leave the property for "dates." It's another jab and a delay waiting for the results when they get back, which means "no money." But if you pony up enough cash to make it worth it and you're trustworthy enough (i.e. a repeat customer), they'll happily keep you company for a weekend romp in Vegas. There's no regulations or "house rules" against it, though you can bet the house will want your dox before they turn you loose just in case her body turns up in a shallow grave in the Nevada desert a few days later.
And yeah, it's the worker's responsibility to get their work card. Nevada requires the same of casino dealers and culinary workers. Welcome to work in tightly-regulated industries. They don't want people just randomly strolling through the front door to deal cards and count chips, run a kitchen or romp in the sack with paying customers without at least a cursory glance at their papers, and neither do the customers.
Which reminds me, I wonder if troons are triggered if you misgender them as a they.
They are. They're offended by everything, and they're specifically on the lookout for attempts like that to skirt around their precious pronoun choices. Using "they" is a form of cheating, after all, because it's a generic catch-all when you're not sure. But see, you're
supposed to be sure. It's supposed to be obvious what their special gender is. And you're supposed to just know. And how dare you use a "generic" term for xir's super-special gender choices!