Massage Parlor

Nowadays it is common that a barbershop, where they cut your hair, gives you a massage. They massage your scalp and neck, sometimes all the way to your lower back and arms. The funny thing is that, an increasing number of massage parlors are disguised as "barber shops"! So there is already a blurred line between massage and a haircut.

In fact, a massage parlor is an establishment that offers therapeutic massage but more often than not it means an establishment that offers illicit sexual services under the guise of therapeutic massage. As Chinese society is rather tolerant of illicit sex, you can see such "massage parlors" everywhere. These innocent-looking shops or parlors can sometimes be very open about these things as offering "extras" (sensual pleasures) to visitors. It is nothing but an "open secret" that the "massage parlors" with the pink lights and girls in knee-high boots are exactly brothels, fronts of prostitution.

Erotic massage is the use of massage techniques for erotic purposes. The service offers you, a man with or without sex addition, the chance to escape the mundane to a world of sensuous luxury and a world of sexy ladies that is entirely your own. The sexy attendants accomplish all of this with a flair for arousing your delight and catering to your erotic impulse.

Erotic massage in massage parlors is not that explicit, but does not leave much room for ambiguity. In these parlors late at night the ladies stand outside and try to call you in. It is one of the best professions you can imagine. Usually, they do not have to be sexually involved besides giving a handjob or "shooting airplanes" as called in a private room. Some younger guys shoot out after 5 minutes. The girls make easy money, which they split with the parlor. Erotic massage can also be found in star-rated hotels where they deliver "fine adult entertainment" and some even send "masseuses" to your rooms, while others ask you as soon as you arrive whether you want sex!

Some people do believe that erotic massage cuts down the incidents of rape and a sex deal is good for both genders. A large number of girls from other provinces flood Shanghai and make an army of "masseuses". After getting to see and handle a whole lot of "men' treasures", many pretty young "masseuses" are now well-adjusted wives and mothers. It is a pity that there are no Shanghai girls working in massage parlors. Many young ladies in Shanghai are quite wealthy; they will not engage themselves at a lower-end place. They are going up market, though in the same trade.

An hour-long essential oil massage could be priced over 200 yuan, still I would go for the better, classier parlors in a better location, e.g. a nice hotel. It is clean and tastefully decorated, with a gentle lady, nice furniture, low lighting, candles, incense, gentle music... all in all a very relaxing and healthy experience.