Whiskería
🌙 Club de nuit érotiqueAn Argentine bar where clients and sex workers meet before going elsewhere. Selling sex is not itself a crime in Argentina, but the venue format is prohibited by name.
The distinction matters and is easy to get backwards: the act is not criminalised, the premises are. A 1936 statute and provincial law prohibit the whiskería by name, including its advertising.
The full account, with its sources, is in our guide to The Argentine Whiskería.
Frequently asked questions
Is sex work illegal in Argentina?
Selling sex is not itself a crime. The whiskería as a venue is what the law prohibits, by name.
What happens at one?
Clients and workers meet there; anything further happens elsewhere.