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In the mailbox:
sex to your door. |
In the 1980s a new type of sex business
began to take prominence and eat into
the Soaplands' share of the lucrative
sex-market. Fashion-Health Massage,
or Health for short, now comprises
about one third of the market, and gets
around the anti-prostitution law by offering
a multitude of services that all stop
short of traditional 'sexual intercourse'.
The major service is oral sex, but as
the menus in front of the parlors attest,
a dazzling array of variations is possible,
with some parlors specializing in anal
sex. With prices starting at $60 for 40
minutes, but averaging about $100, the
parlors are well within the price range
of the average salaryman. Since the mid
90s Health Delivery services have
become even more popular, and it is estimated
that more than 5000 of these businesses
now exist. Health Delivery is basically
a Call Girl service, you phone the company,
request the kind of woman you want, and
a taxi delivers her to your home or, more
probably, a Love Hotel. The price is 2-3
times that of a visit to a parlor, but
"full service" is one of the options.
Flyers advertising the delivery service
can be found covering telephone boxes
and telegraph poles in the entertainment
districts, and it's not uncommon to find
them in your mailbox. |