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Here is an account of one massage parlor worker in SF:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...NGN9LFHRO1.DTL
I have no idea if it's standard or not
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I read that article, and would like to point out that it doesn't deal with sex slavery at all. that whole article was about her *voluntarily* engaging in sex to pay off 40k in debt she built up "shopping" back home.
It looks like her time in L.A. was the subject of an earlier article (I couldn't find the link) that might involve real "sex slavery" but lets be a little fair, the girl was using smugglers to sneak her in to a country so she could pay off her shopping debts. this isn't the story of some young farm girl whose dad took out a $300 "loan" that the girl was indentured for years to pay off, you can't get 40k in credit and be that much of a bumkin.
please don't mistake this for an argument that sex slavery does not exist in america, just that this article does not accurately portray the girls story, so it can be more sensationalist.