# Why are there "Massage Parlors" in the Unites States? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 20, 2021, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-massage-parlors-in-the-unites-states/938289 "2021-03-20T08:25:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-massage-parlors-in-the-unites-states/938289/141 "2021-04-23T18:44:32Z")
> [@Mallard](#): > > They’ve been married that long have they? I’m guessing “long-time”. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-massage-parlors-in-the-unites-states/938289/142 "2021-04-26T22:27:25Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > Huh, I just googled “asian massage near me” out of curiousity, not expecting much, since I don’t really live in a “happenin” area. Okay, I just tried this. I found there’s an “asian massage parlor” about sixteen miles away. (And it appears to be a place offering actual massages and not sex.) But the strange thing it’s location is given as inside a deli. And apparently that’s for real; one of the reviews describes it as “nice with a large grocery store”. Who wants to get a massage in a deli? Who wants to buy food from a place conducting massages? ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-massage-parlors-in-the-unites-states/938289/143 "2021-04-27T01:25:29Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Who wants to get a massage in a deli? Who wants to buy food from a place conducting massages? Venn diagram reveals all. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-massage-parlors-in-the-unites-states/938289/144 "2021-04-27T04:30:34Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > I’m guessing “long-time”. _ **Moderating** _ While this is a thread about massage parlors and happy endings, let’s back off a bit on the racial stereotyping of Vietnamese prostitutes. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-massage-parlors-in-the-unites-states/938289/145 "2021-04-27T04:49:11Z")
Funny, I thought that was stereotyping wives. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-massage-parlors-in-the-unites-states/938289/146 "2021-04-27T04:54:02Z")
Well, prostitutes, wives, women in general- let’s leave all that crap at the door. I worded things badly, and frankly inaccurately. I was trying to convey that even though this is a thread literally about prostitution, equating a wife and a prostitute and a Vietnamese woman and just… No. Let’s go with no. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-massage-parlors-in-the-unites-states/938289/147 "2021-04-27T16:09:31Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > I worded things badly, and frankly inaccurately. Ok, I’ll let you live 😉 ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-massage-parlors-in-the-unites-states/938289/148 "2021-04-27T16:29:46Z")
I appreciate that 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-massage-parlors-in-the-unites-states/938289/149 "2021-04-27T16:38:21Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Who wants to get a massage in a deli? Who wants to buy food from a place conducting massages? - A rub and a sub, what’s not to like? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-massage-parlors-in-the-unites-states/938289/150 "2021-04-27T21:54:53Z")
“Yao Li Schwartz’ Deli And Massage: You Can’t Beat Our Meat…But We Can Beat _Yours_!” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-massage-parlors-in-the-unites-states/938289/151 "2021-05-02T05:31:15Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Who wants to get a massage in a deli? Who wants to buy food from a place conducting massages? They could play Hide the Salami. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-massage-parlors-in-the-unites-states/938289/152 "2021-05-02T11:48:42Z")
I’d worry about the bacon slicer. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-massage-parlors-in-the-unites-states/938289/153 "2021-05-02T14:52:57Z")
Oh, they fired her too. Sorry, I thought this was the punchline thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-massage-parlors-in-the-unites-states/938289.md?page=7)