Getting illegal massage in South Florida may get a lot harder - Sun-Sentinel

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By Daniel Vasquez 12:25 p.m. EDT, May 20, 2013

If you seek illegal exotic massages in South Florida, the clock may be running out.
That’s because lawmakers passed a few tough laws aimed at suspicious massage parlors, particularly the kind boasting blacked-out windows, late-night hours and offers of oral sex to finish off the transaction.
The massage parlor crackdown would put an end to most “therapyâ€￾ appointments between midnight and 5 a.m. (Interestingly, there would be exceptions for pilots who get body treatments at airports during those hours.) A good reason to consider flight school, no?


*And forget visiting establishments that serve as living quarters for so-called therapists. Forcing unfortunate souls to live at work appears to be a trick of the trade for those trafficking in illegal sex workers.
Gov. Rick Scott is expected to soon be sent legislation passed by both chambers that contain these new regulations and more. If he signs, getting “happy endingsâ€￾ at local parlors will be a lot more difficult.
And that should be a good thing. After all, if you think paying for prostitution while laid out on a table tucked in a dark room, being serviced by someone who was smuggled here and virtually imprisoned to provide that service, you should be ashamed. Just take a moment to think about the workers you are taking advantage of, like the three Asian women arrested in Tamarac for allegedly adding genital touching or oral sex for about $50 a shot.
It’s just too bad these potential new laws only go after those who work in the sex trade. Doesn’t the cad pulling out his or her wallet for massage-and-prostitution services deserve to be inconvenienced too?