Very strange question, but my younger sister who is still in college
called me the other day to tell me that she'd quit her office job,
which pays the large part of her tuition.  I asked how she was
planning to pay for school, and she admitted that she'd started a
cleaning business.  A cleaning business?  A NUDE cleaning business, in
which she cleans people's houses in the buff while they watch.  She
assured me that no physical contact goes on, she just does the dishes
and buffs the floors en naturale.  MY QUESTION: Is this legal?  I'm
worried she could get into trouble, and aside from questionable
clients, is it legal for her to operate such a business?

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 02 Sep 2002 19:27 PDT

In what jurisdiction will your sister be conducting this business?
Laws vary from place to place.

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Clarification of Question by boots_2u-ga on 02 Sep 2002 20:05 PDT

Southern California- Long Beach area.

Greetings! I would guess that public nudity would be against the law
(except on designated private beaches in Califormnia), but I would
guess that private nudity is legal, especially in California.

In the instance you describe, it would seem that the removal of one's
clothes by one's self to clean a private residence would be the
decision of the one disrobing.

If no sexual contact is implied nor expected by the dweller of the
residence then it would also seem that housecleaning in the nude has
little to do with anything illegal and everything to do with
housecleaning, whether or not the maid chooses to remain clothed.

Morally or ethically, you may harbor conerns, but I think this is
probably very legal.  I'm not a lawyer nor is this legal advice - it's
just an opinion.

boots_2u...

In confirmation of the comment above....
Yep, I've heard tell of such things as you describe,
as well as topless carwashes and topless hair salons...
They get covered in TV news as oddities, with no 
indication of their illegality.

If you are on good speaking terms with your sister, you might want to
discuss the possible dangers of her new business. A job which involves
taking off one's clothes while alone in the home of a stranger does
not sound like the safest of occupations.

I don't mean to sound like an alarmist but I would re-iterate
pinkfreud's comment that "a job which involves taking off one's
clothes while alone in the home of a stranger does not sound like the
safest of occupations".

I'd like to meet your sisteer...
No, seriously, there are a lot of "topless maid" services. I've never
heard of one totally nude. I would think that there may be a law
regarding the exposure of certain body parts (namely that which is
covered by her g-string.) You may think that it is totally free, as it
is not in public, but instead in a private person's house. However, as
a business transaction is involved, there may be laws. Whether or not
there should be, I can't say, other then my own belief that what two
people do is their own business. But in thinking about this, consider
how close this is to the so-called "total body massage" where the
amount of your gratuity to the masseuse governs how intimate she is. I
think regulators may frown on it, and if it were my sister, I would
encourage her to either
A)work with a partner so that she isn't nude ALONE in somebody's
house.
or
B)stop just short of full nudity. Besides which, she may be able to
charge even more for cleaning topless, while wearing the underwear of
the customer's choice. Just a few thoughts.

what's her number ?

I'm Australian so I don't know much about US law, but if it's legal to
serve alcohol topless then  how can it be illegal to clean someone's
house naked?