A Korean Prostitute's calling card (anyone know Korean)? - threadomanced

[Dextra]

I think you might want to change the title of this thread though, since it seems a bit inappropriate now.

Not necessarily.
A massage parlour open 24 hours?
Yeah. Even Eric's grandma knows what they "massage"...

Hound used to party at a house that used to house a 24 hour massage parlour. You'd get creepy men showing up in the middle of the night (usually in the middle of a party) looking for sex, then getting chased out with rusty chainsaws. Ah, good times.

 

[silentspace]

Not necessarily.
A massage parlour open 24 hours?
Yeah. Even Eric's grandma knows what they "massage"...

Hound used to party at a house that used to house a 24 hour massage parlour. You'd get creepy men showing up in the middle of the night (usually in the middle of a party) looking for sex, then getting chased out with rusty chainsaws. Ah, good times.

Nope. As far as I know, they are all open 24 hours. Like you, I asked the same question. The bath houses also function as motels (no, not the kind that charge by the hour.) There are communal sleeping rooms. What for? Not for sex, but for sleeping. These people work hard, and party hard. And they live in large metropolises, where it often takes a couple hours to get home. So on nights when they are out, they will end their night by going to a bath house, instead of going home. The bath house lets them refresh and rejuvenate themselves, more so, they believe, then simply crashing on someone's sofa. That's what I was told, anyway, and that's what it looked like.

What you have to remember is that it is a totally different culture and society. Seems we were raised with certain stereotypes that its just hard for us to shake ("Asian massage parlor"). I'm sure they exist, but as far as I know most of these places are legit. Also, I think our Puritan background is suspicious about all kinds of "touching". I don't mean to speak for you, I'm only speaking for myself.

 

[silentspace]

I've also been in southeast Asia. In some countries, notably Thailand, the sex industry is very open. Still illegal, but very visible. Prostitution is big business, fueled by the extreme poverty that some ethnic groups live in. It's truly sad.

Massage is also quite common there. So common that if you go to their beaches they have masseuses walking around who will give you massages right there on your beach blanket. Massages there are done fully clothed, interestingly enough.

Edit: In case it wasn't clear, this is not sex.

 

[silentspace]

In all those countries, massage is taken very seriously. The masseurs/masseuses go through extensive training.

Last post on the topic.

 

[der_kluge]

Well, it's certainly been educational, if nothing else.

Ed - learn Korean in a day, that sounds like a money-making opportunity if I ever heard of one.

 

[mythago]

You could literally learn to read and write Korean in a day.

Hm, weekend project!

In the US, 'massage parlor' is generally a synonym for a business where the massage is a very flimsy front for prostitution. Licensed massage therapists make a big point of calling themselves that, and many states have very strict requirements to be able to legally call oneself a massage therapist, because of the prostitution issue. In the Bay Area there is a lot of focus on "Asian" massage parlors, partly because of customers who have a thing about Asian women, and partly because there are smuggling rings that bring women over illegally for that purpose. (In other parts of the country, less so, I believe.)

I forsee a lot of cross-cultural wacky hijinks caused by these differences

 

[Piratecat]

I forsee a lot of cross-cultural wacky hijinks caused by these differences

Kind of like Scooby Doo, if shown on the Playboy channel.

 

[diaglo]

Kind of like Scooby Doo, if shown on the Playboy channel.

i would've liked to have seen Sarah Gellar on the Playboy channel.

 

[Nifelhein]

Here I am and I see that Ed has already answered the whole thing, I couldn't connect yesterday, was sleeping, after all I must once in a while... and I haven't received my friend's e-mail yet, sometimes she is a lot busy and check e-mails once in a week only...

 

[Hand of Evil]

kind of interesting thread - kind of interesting that it also came back to life from a spam post, which gives it that element that makes for a good story.