How Do You Know if Its a Dirty Massage Parlor or Not

In the course of SBS Thai Radio'southward recent investigations into the hidden sexual activity piece of work culture of the Thai massage industry in Commonwealth of australia, experts revealed that 'dodgy' massage shops are more common than y'all might recollect.

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"The majority of illegal brothels that nosotros meet are in the course of massage shops," Senior Sergeant Richard Farrelly, of Victoria Police'due south Sex Industry Coordination Unit (SICU) tells SBS Thai.

"A lot of those are in your suburban shopping strips, [places] similar that."

Dr Helen Pringle, Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales and a coordinator of the global enquiry on prostitution says that there are many massage parlours that border on being brothels.

"There will be legitimate or ordinary massage that is offered," she tells SBS Thai. "Merely there is also a possibility of 'happy catastrophe.'"

"Often the employers will rent people to do massage but say 'if you desire a flake of extra coin, yous tin do 'happy ending.'

"Information technology'south kind of not usually penetrative sex in the usual sense of prostitution.

"So this is kind of gray area that a lot of massage parlours operate, in between normal ordinary massage and brothels.

"A lot of workers in that grey area feel pressured to provide actress services in that way."

So how practise you know if a massage shops is suspicious?

In the course of SBS Thai's recent investigations, we spoke to several experts who gave tips on what red flags to look for. Some of these are listed below:

Signage doesn't mean much

Joy* a Thai masseuse in her thirties who has worked at several massage parlours in Sydney for nearly a year says that flashing signs saying "open" and "massage" tin't always exist taken every bit a sign that sexual services are bachelor there.

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According to Victoria Law, signs saying 'no sexual services' at massage shops cannot guarantee that the places offering only genuine massage.

"We oft see when nosotros go into massage shops is a sign that says 'no sexual services' and we see that quite a lot," says Senior Sergeant Richard Farrelly.

"Merely what we come confronting time and fourth dimension again is that a lot of the time they still accept that sign, they nevertheless provide sexual services."

Opening Hours

Opening hours are advertised at the front of a Thai massage shop

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"Ask them what are their opening hours," suggests Tricia Hughes, CEO of Massage Myotherapy, which is the Clan of Professional Therapists in Australia.

Shops open until very late hours at night, for example until 10-11pm or later, are oft a cerise flag.

"Peradventure if their opening hours are quite unusual for a full general health business concern to be opened, like 10am-10pm, that's quite unusual."

"You wouldn't run into a physio or a GP operating in those hours."

Covered windows

Melbourne massage parlour 'Fire Banana Massage,' which had distinctly covered windows, was shut down in 2017 afterward being alleged an illegal brothel by a Moorabbin magistrate

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Tricia Hughes, CEO of Massage Myotherapy says that it's worth being wary  can be suss if y'all can't see inside, "particularly where the windows are completely covered in on the front of the shops."

Joy says its worth noting if you cannot see inside the store from outside - specially when the inside of the store is completely covered from view so that y'all can't see the reception desk and people inside the store.

How private is it?

Farther to the to a higher place, Joy said that it'southward very difficult to identify dodgy massage shops from their appearance alone. Merely the shops with less privacy in their massage areas, information technology's more than hard to provide sexual services.

Recollect nigh massage shops where clients are massaged on chairs lined next to each other.

Open-air massage, Thai-style: Foreign tourists get a human foot massage in Bangkok, Thailand adjacent in the open up air - no privacy here!

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"For Thai massage shops, it depends on each business organization. From the outside appearance lone, it's impossible to tell. For Chinese massage shops, I think those in shopping malls won't offering sexual services. But most of the Chinese massage shops on the streets offering sexual services," said Joy.

Some dodgy shops accept back doors for clients to access without being noticed, offer very private massage rooms.

Illuminated rear entrance to an actual brothel in Sydney

The shops mainly target male clients

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The shops advertise about their staff using describing their age, appearance, race, and promoting new staff. Tricia Hughes, CEO of Massage Myotherapy says, "Where in that location is advertising that [promotes] different girls everyday, new fresh girls so come up and enjoy your relaxation, people demand to be very conscientious near what's on offer."

What are their qualifications?

Tricia Hughes, CEO of Massage Myotherapy which is the Clan of Professional Therapists in Australia, says "Some of the other things people should consider if they get in to the shops, is to inquire the therapists where they have been trained."

"Ask some really 18-carat questions virtually their membership, are they office of a professional association and where they got their qualifications from."

Hughes points to the Australian Massage directory or her own website massagemyotherapy.com.au as a good place to kickoff to look upward a masseuse'south credentials.

She says, "if they [clients] ask serious questions of the practitioners if they go into the clinics, if they cheque on our website on our directory, they are going to have more confidence in their therapists they are going to meet."

Is it wearable-optional?

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Ann* a massage business owner from Melbourne, explains that professional person massage therapists let their clients keep their underwear on while being massaged.  Professional massage therapists are aware that beingness naked can brand both the customer and the masseuse feel uneasy. So to make the clients be able to relax, asking them to keep the underwear on is better for everyone.

*Name has been changed for privacy reasons

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Source: https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/happy-ending-massage-shops-vs-legitimate-ones-can-you-spot-the-difference

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