One of the answers he gave was that if a person is old enough to consent to sex, they are old enough to masturbate a client. READ | Child sex abuse trial: Alleged kingpin had more than 160 clients, court hearsĪckerman retorted that the legal age for a minor to consent to sex is 16 and that a happy ending is "less" than sex.Īt this point, Judge Ismail Mohamed also questioned Ackerman on his understanding of whether a happy ending constituted a sexual act.Īckerman dodged the question several times, evidently refusing to give a straight answer. This is because Ackerman effectively admitted to the sexual exploitation of children, as he told the court that the masseurs, who were not yet 18 years old were being paid to perform a sexual act on clients.Īccording to the Sexual Offences Act a person (A) who unlawfully and intentionally offers the services of a child complainant (B) to a third person (C), with or without the consent of B, for financial or other reward, favour or compensation to A, B or to another person (D), is guilty of an offence of being involved in the sexual exploitation of a child. He later claimed that the masseurs decided the rates and he just took 20% of the money received.Īckerman later added that some clients asked for fellatio.Īt this point, Ackerman’s legal aid attorney, Herman Alberts, asked whether he knew that he was committing a crime. There's nothing remotely happy about that ending.A happy ending was part of the massage, without it, the clients weren’t interested.Īckerman said a massage with a happy ending would cost between R800 and R900. If you do, you'll ruin the rapport with your therapist, and there's a good chance that you will be asked to leave. So, please don't embarrass yourself by asking for anything more than a massage. We will protect our staff and absolutely will not tolerate any form of sexual propositioning or harassment.
While most people don't treat a legitimate massage therapist like a sex worker, unfortunately there are a minority that still feel it's okay to request something "extra" from their therapist. Very few people find themselves in such an establishment by accident. More likely, it will be someone operating from a bedroom, or the "salon" in question is a thinly veiled brothel.
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These are very rarely professional massage salons or home-based therapists with a studio in their property. There are some establishments were you may even be offered "extra service" without asking. They are usually pretty easy to spot a scantily clad young lady in a provocative pose, perhaps with terms like "sensual" and "tantric", and so on. You don't have to look very hard to find sex workers advertising under the banner of "massage". All of this makes it a bit tricky being openly "on the game" without running into problems.Įver since the late 19th century, sex workers have tried to minimise these problems by using "massage" as a euphemism for their services. It's also an offence to keep a brothel, or allow a premises that you're responsible for to be used as a brothel.įurthermore, there are often negative attitudes in local communities towards sex work. It's okay to advertise online, but you can't put ads in bus stops, phone boxes (not many of them left), or at the side of the road. That means you cannot offer or advertise sex in return for money in certain public places. That means you can accept money or gifts in return for sex. It doesn't matter whether you were serious or only joking - you will find that your massage therapist will get very frosty if you even hint about getting sexual favours. Legitimate massage therapists are sick to death of being asked for intimate massages, "happy endings" and so on. However, this does not mean that people providing massage services are open to sex work. It is true that some sex workers offer "massage" as a euphemism for sexual services. We're going to talk about the elephant in the room: the misconception that a massage therapist is receptive to requests for intimate or sexual services. Whether you found this article yourself, or were directed here by a member of our team, welcome!
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