A lot of business is also drummed up through word of mouth and on adult entertainment websites and chat rooms. Tiffany, 20, who has worked at four massage parlours across York Region in the past two years, says they are places ments men can get a massage and relax — a valuable service to any community.
A lot of them have problems with their marriage or meeting women. Can you imagine how many rapists would be out there unless they had places like this to come?
The reporter attempted to talk to the owner or manager of the spa on two occaisions, but was not successful. She says in the evening, a lot of men come in looking to buy sex.
While she works mostly days, she is still less than proud of her job. Like many women in the sex industry, she has a checkered past. She claims she was molested by a family friend as a young girl and had a sexually promiscuous adolescence. So they close it down today and we just open back up tomorrow. Karen Noakes says aggressive enforcement tactics have actually forced the number of body rub parlours down from last year to A total of police inspections were performed in , leading to charges against people.
Noakes says the force has seen positive results from its crackdown. While some see prostitution and body rub parlours as victimless crimes, Det. We will continue to work with our municipal partners toward that. In the southern municipalities where body rub parlours are most prevalent, Markham, Vaughan and Richmond Hill have partnered with police by developing licensing bylaws to regulate the massage parlours and allowing bylaw officers and police unfettered access to the establishments for inspections.
