Here’s part of an interesting article from East Bay Express about kink professions in California, and the legal difficulties involved in Pro-Domination there:

‘…BDSM work still exists in a legal gray area, since state law prohibits the selling of “lewd acts” — meaning physical contact with genitals, buttocks, or breasts. But many people in the scene have found ways to circumvent the law by prohibiting sex, using coded language, and keeping their brick-and-mortar addresses under wraps. Generally, they also vet the clientele fairly thoroughly, requesting references or a hefty deposit for first-timers. (“Police aren’t going to put down $50 just to make an arrest,” said one domme who does, indeed, have sex with her clients.) Such precautions have enabled them to render BDSM a viable cottage industry, and by extension, a visible subculture…’

Click here to read more of the article, including an interview with the awesome Kitty Stryker.