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Saturday, October 4, 2008 12:00 AM

NOW: No more "massage" ads

Activists attempt to shut down amNewYork's "Feeling and Looking Good" ads.
Tracy Clark-Flory

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  • Friday, October 3, 2008 07:26 PM

    not clear about

    why an advertised happy ending massage is sexual exploitation. It's prostitution, but, isn't that a consent-based business transaction? If someone's doing it against their will, then sure, there's a problem, but I agree with the article. Banning the ads isn't going to be any kind of help for the disenfranchised sex worker who's been brought to this country in some sort of slave arrangement. If anything, it's just going to make it harder for am New York to put out a free paper.

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