I'll need to come over an investigate.  

(still not a lawyer, but I do like to watch.)

From my understanding it is OK. Granted I'm not a lawyer. I believe that it falls into the same catagory as private stripping.  I could be wrong. Otherwise I believe alot of bachelor parties would schedule other entertainment.  

Do you have a website? I'm located in suburban Chicago.

Re: Masturbation Question

Hello Steph....don't know about the law in Illinois (do they have laws in Chicago?..... in California, prostitution refers to a lewd act between persons for money or other consideration-I can see LE arguing that, despite the lack of touching, there is still a violation of the law- would you be prosecuted?  Probably not, but the real point is the act of doing anything for a fee (dancing, masturbation with or without toys, etc) without a license deprives the authorities (city, county, or state) of revenue and they would probably make your life difficult for that reason alone....for example, we all know that there are massages which are legal and massages with "happy endings"....the legal ones usually require certification of training as well as a license from some governmental entity...the ones with "happy endings"; well, they are not legal under any circumstances of which I am aware.... let us also not forget that LE lie all the time so, even though you are saying that there was no touching of the other person, that's not necessarily how it's going to be written up in the arrest report....food for thought and further discussion of you like...

It is legal in Dc,VA,MD. So it should be legal there too.
Everyone in the biz should have an attorney on retainer. Mine only cost $100.
Little things can get you arrested like the way you phrase something. For example "release"-illegal. You need to know your rights and liabilities. This way you cannot be intimidated by the police if harassed. Have you heard ,"you can beat the rap but not the ride?" That means sometimes they make arrests that are not even valid on the hope they can intimidate you into a guilty plea. You need an attorney who bonds you out and serves the adult community. You have to ask around. I want to visit Chi Town and that means talking to an attorney first.
I can help anyone who wants to find an attorney. just look me up on my website and give me a call.
You need to know how to talk to them and they like smart business women. They give free consults or affordable consults. none of the attorneys that could not or would not help me even charged for the consult. Some might try to rip you off so let me know what they say before agreeing to hand over a bunch of money.
You need to find out what kind of cases are going through the courts. They try shit all the time that gets thrown out eventually.
You need to know about dirty busts and who's doing them.
You do have the right to mutual masturbation. The cops could try to lie to you and call it lascivious but lascivious refers to prostitution which would not apply to mutual masturbation.
Get an attorney ,ok?

It seems morally irresponsible to charge for watching masturbation.  That should be a public service.  I would have to side with the coppers on this one.  Sorry.

I California, and my guess is in most states, prostitution is defined as any lewd act for consideration, usually money, but cash isn't necessary.

There are child molest cases where the defendant had the child touch him/her self for the defendant's lewd pleasure and without the defendant also touching the kid, the court affirmed the conviction.

The reasoning of the case had nothing to do with the age of the victim, and therefore would apply to adults.  In summary, if Adult A pays Adult B to masturbate so A can watch and get excited, it is a lewd act and prostitution.

I have also heard of strippers being busted for touching themselves, but have not seen any cases.

For the prior post that said it is not illegal in some states, my guess is that is not based on statute but either it hasn't come up or it was a matter of interpretting the statute.  I would be suprised if the statute excluded it.  

It is unlikely, but a change in interpretting the statute to make it illegal would be permissible, because usually ex post facto applies to passing laws, not changing court interpretation of statute.