Editing Massage parlor (section)

==Background==
The term "massage parlour" (British English) or "massage parlor" (American English) sometimes refers to a front for [[prostitution]], an association popularized by the "Massage Scandals" of 1894.  In 1894 the [[British Medical Association]] (BMA) inquired into the education and practice of massage practitioners in London, and found that prostitution was commonly associated with unskilled workers and debt, often working with forged qualifications. In response, legitimate massage workers formed the Society of Trained Masseuses (now known as the [[Chartered Society of Physiotherapy]]), with an emphasis on high academic standards and a medical model for massage training.<ref name=Callaway2009>Callaway and Burgess, S. 2009. History of massage. Chapter 2 In: Casanelia, L and Stelfox, D (editors). Foundations of massage, 3rd edition. Harcourt Publishers Group (Australia). {{ISBN|978-0729578691}}.</ref>

Particularly where [[prostitution]] is illegal, massage parlors (as well as [[sauna]]s, [[Day spa|spas]] or similar establishments) may be fronts for places of prostitution. Illegal brothels disguised as massage parlors are common in many countries.

Alternatively, the massages at certain massage parlors may have a "happy ending", meaning that the massage ends with the client receiving a [[Orgasm|sexual release]]. In addition to a "happy ending" service, given the restrictions imposed upon most striptease venues, some [[erotic massage]] venues now also offer a service where the client can masturbate while watching an artist perform a striptease.

There is a grey area and ambiguity as to when an ordinary massage becomes sexual when it comes to individuals with sexual interests such as tripsophilia, tripsolagnophilia, partialism, autofetishism or organofact, who may feel that the massage of the entire body or any ordinary bodyparts unrelated to typical erogenous zones are associated with eroticism and sensuality.<ref>Coleman-Kennedy, Carol, and Amanda Pendley. "Assessment and diagnosis of sexual addiction." Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association 8.5 (2002): 143-151.</ref>