Massage and Prostitution -Aug 20, Redmond

Massage and Prostitution

Wednesday, August 25, 6:30-10:30pm

Old Redmond School House Community Center, Room # 105 – 16600 NE 80th Street, Redmond, WA. 98052

One of the great frustrations legitimate massage therapists face is the confusion in the public eye between massage therapy and prostitution. We like to believe that there is less of this confusion than there used to be, and that massage is much more accepted as legitimate therapy by the general public. The truth is that in one significant area, the overlap has gotten worse– there are more prostitution operations fronting as massage businesses in Washington than ever before. Some of these businesses are engaged not only in sexual massage, but in human trafficking.

Come and learn why the problem has gotten worse and what we can do about it. Our instructor will be Lavon Watson, a massage therapist and retired police detective who has been studying the problem for the past 3 years. The situation we find ourselves facing is a perfect storm of legal, legislative, enforcement, and economic issues. This class is a call to action– our response to the problem will need to be organized, nuanced, and multifaceted if we are to disentangle our profession from prostitution.

This class satisfies the new Washington State Ethics requirement, and fulfills 4 hours of the NCBTMB Ethics requirement.

Tuition: $75 if registered and paid by August 20; $100 thereafter

Registration: Send checks to Pacific Northwest School of Massage, 7511- 25th Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98117