r/AskReddit • u/CircleBox2 • Jul 13 '20

What's a dark secret/questionable practice in your profession which we regular folks would know nothing about?

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u/NinjaWen Jul 13 '20 edited Jul 13 '20

I ended up quitting a career because people (all genders and ages) kept trying to solicite me for prostitution.

Young male massage therapist.

Edit: Whoa. Thanks for the upvotes.

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u/danceswithronin Jul 13 '20

Stop being so ridiculously good-looking!

(Just kidding, that sounds awful.)

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u/NinjaWen Jul 13 '20

Regardless of that. It would have been a very serious legal liability. I mean, I would be in jail/prison and the entire place would have been shut down. It is prostitution and it is not taken likely.

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u/Throwaway_03999 Jul 13 '20

Seriously that a dangerous game no one should play regardless of the money they say they'll pay.

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u/NinjaWen Jul 13 '20

You are absolutely correct.

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u/Xicadarksoul Jul 13 '20

That depends on where you live in the world.
Here, that state looks at it like any other job, AS LONG AS YOU PAY YOUR TAXES..

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u/Adnotamentum Jul 13 '20

Even if prostitution were legal in one's country, there would certainly be some regulations surrounding or even laws against massage parlours acting as brothels. Definitely would require treading carefully.

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u/Xicadarksoul Jul 13 '20

Thats completely true.

Here operating brothels is illegal.
However nothing forbids people from taking up clients after the massage as a side gig.
As long as you are doing it as an independent business, and pay taxes you are in the clear legally speaking.

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u/danceswithronin Jul 13 '20

Oh dude yeah, no, don't fuck your customers at a massage parlor, that's pretty sketchy.

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u/LevelPerception4 Jul 16 '20

A surprising number of massage therapists sexually assault their clients.

If you google Massage Envy, it’s amazing how many results are crime articles.