This is just one of many massage parlor signs littered across the city of Seoul. If I were a male walking into that establishment, I would have been greeted by the hosts at the front desk. Next, I would have gone downstairs into a locker room where I would store my belongings and get into a robe they provided for me. I would head over to a sauna full of men while I wait for my turn. A female madam would appear in the sauna full of naked men, and beckon me.
Once the door shuts behind me, this young girl would disrobe me and begin to bathe me in the shower that is inside the room. Midway through this, she would perform oral sex. In some places, the condom usage depends on what the client desires, and the workers must comply. There are many places that offer more than one woman per client as well.
Who would I possibly run into at these joints? Mostly married men consisting of CEOs of huge corporations, corporate employees, bored singles, some tourists, and a number of deportees. A large number of these girls are forced, trafficked, and sold into this type of work and there are many who end up viewing it as their only choice in life.
Many of these women are enslaved and will not expose their truths to total strangers. There are underground places like this in American cities of huge Korean populations where only the Korean taxi drivers and extremely observant Korean citizens are privy to their locations. These places just happen to be much more visible in Korea because the land is so small. Prostitution is illegal in South Korea.
If only these places could just run out of businessโฆthere are just so many clients. Working to shut them down legally is futile when the cops are constantly being paid off to stay hushed. There are just way too many supporters, way too many people who want to satisfy their curiosities, and way too many worker bees who need some type of release.
