France 🇫🇷

Country District Guide

France maintains a strict Neo-Abolitionist stance on the adult industry, officially adopting the 'Nordic Model' in April 2016. Prior to this, France heavily regulated brothels (maisons closes) until the historic 1946 Marthe Richard law forced their countrywide closure. Today, the 2016 mandate completely criminalized the buyers of sexual services while decriminalizing the sex workers themselves, drastically shifting the socio-economic dynamic of the industry into heavily policed grey zones.