Thai massage parlours, offering more than a chance to get the knots out of your back, are being targeted - and the crackdown is proving detrimental to the people working there. The health and safety of workers at illegal massage parlours are especially at risk because they are rarely given condoms - afraid they'll be used by private investigators as "proof" of a "full service". PIs, tasked with getting "services" from non-compliant sex workers, generally use condoms as "evidence". The hidden sex culture of Australia's Thai massage industry isn't always something the workers immediately embrace. A report by SBS Radio Thai, that will air tonight on Viceland's The Feed, found that Thai women fall into the "extra service" side of massage after being enticed by the extra money.
Trust me, this blog is not one I'd ever thought I would write, but having been in a few awkward positions myself, I wanted to warn others about the potential problems around getting a massage in Bali. We started to notice a pattern. That is the entry level to things like clean sheets, choice of oils, comfy beds and a trained masseuse. Sorry to rain on your parade. But guess what, you can still get an awesome massage for just a few dollars more. Not at all.
Strip-mall massage parlors have become common sights in many communities, but they are drawing new scrutiny since charges were filed against NFL team owner Robert Kraft. Google Street View. Living alone in a two-bedroom apartment in New York City, the year-old is the picture of success. I live in the Village, work in tech, hang out with my friends — but I suppose what sets me apart is my rub-and-tug addiction:. In New York, you can get anything you want.
Nathan G-Chats me on Friday afternoon to suggest we start our weekend inhaling dumplings in Chinatown. During dinner, he tells me more about a girl he's just begun seeing. He's excited—they've just had their first sleepover on Wednesday, which is always nice. But he didn't sleep well in her bed. He'd been positioned awkwardly and was now nursing a kink in the neck.