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Darth Freddy
Feb 6, 2007

An Emperor's slightest dislike is transmitted to those who serve him, and there it is amplified into rage.
Not trying to bash legal brothels or anything with this question. You said a lot of brothels do get run by crime organizations. How common is it to hear about girls being pushed into the position to do it, or is it well regulated enough that it happens less then one would think it does?

Are drugs a big no no? Like if some one wanted to add a little extra fun with ecstasy, Viagra, coke etc would it be something that got you fired or kicked out.

Are any girls super good at certain things?

Last one. Collection of toys on hand?



Joke question. Goon discount?

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Birb Katter
Sep 18, 2010

BOATS STOPPED
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Darth Freddy posted:

Are drugs a big no no? Like if some one wanted to add a little extra fun with ecstasy, Viagra, coke etc would it be something that got you fired or kicked out.

So this story about the "Party Package" is less than a week old. I'm sure it's not indicative of the industry as a whole but it's certainly not unheard of.

Poopy
Jul 31, 2010

Hydrolith posted:

Well, I know that laws on prostitution vary from state to state... Brothels are legal in NSW, VIC and apparently Queensland. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Australia).

Huh. Apparently it's illegal to advertise anal in NSW, but presumably there's no restriction on actually doing it (and how on earth would they enforce it anyway?)

I get the impression that the "no vaginal sex" thing is a business decision rather than a legal one in this case, though, right?
Exactly right.
We're a fully licensed brothel, but as a business we decided on the services that would be offered.
Advertising is a completely separate and bullshit set of rules and regulations.
A brothel or sex worker can not advertise (in print or online) services available.
Anal and vaginal sex are still considered completely separate (and both are not allowed in my current workplace), and are charged at much different rates by the girls. Those that I know offer anal in the industry don't offer it to all clients, and charge a premium rate.

House Louse posted:

Blowjobs, too, in some states.


Sorry, I wasn't clear. You said prices were AUS$122-220 per session; how much of that goes to the house and how much to the girls?
Without going into specifics, the girls rates workout to about $100p/hr

GWBBQ posted:

How do zoning laws in Australia work with this kind of thing? Who owns the house, is it taxed as business or residential property, do you have restrictions on parking?
Depends on the business owner. Some premises are rented, others (like where I am now) are owned by the business owner.
There are a few regulations, ie: nothing within 200m of schools, child care, hospitals and religious buildings, taxed as a business property, a max of 6 rooms, must have showers installed in each room. A lot of these regulations don't apply to inner-city brothels (in terms of property placement and number of rooms) especially if they existed before the Sex Work Act 1994.

Poopy
Jul 31, 2010

Darth Freddy posted:

Not trying to bash legal brothels or anything with this question. You said a lot of brothels do get run by crime organizations. How common is it to hear about girls being pushed into the position to do it, or is it well regulated enough that it happens less then one would think it does?

Are drugs a big no no? Like if some one wanted to add a little extra fun with ecstasy, Viagra, coke etc would it be something that got you fired or kicked out.

Are any girls super good at certain things?

Last one. Collection of toys on hand?



Joke question. Goon discount?
In the legal brothel industry in Victoria at least, it's almost unheard of. The businesses may be held over by crime organisations, but there are a lot of steps in place to ensure trafficking and sex slavery does not happen. If I ever thought a woman was being forced in to work I would do everything I could to help her. Organisations like RHED and Scarlett Alliance have a big presence in brothels, they're always around, not trying to "save" the girls, like some people (we don't let those ones in), but to help with anything the girls need. Also, as far as I'm aware Viagra isn't illegal and some clients need it. If they have it legally, then *shrugs*. My girlfriend has a regular client who is in his late 90s, had diabetes, and needs an injection in his balls to get hard before a session.

Drugs on the premises are highly illegal (in Vic alcohol is also illegal), and girls caught using are told to leave. What happens in the rooms generally stays in the rooms, though. We don't know what the clients are bringing in with them, and if a girl chooses to partake we don't know about it, although it is generally discouraged, because it can make the girls hard to work with. I do not and will never supply drugs to clients or girls. Clients who ask are asked to leave the premises.

"All our girls are very good at their jobs". But seriously, I dunno. They all have different personalities, so some are great at a teasing/light hearted sort of service, some are more sultry, some give a great "girlfriend experience" (GFE). In terms of who give the best blowjobs? I dunno, I can't afford it.

The shop has a few lengths of rope, and a mini vibrator, everything else is left up to the girls to supply. A few have repeat clients that like certain outfits (school girl/nurse/whatever - one reeeeaaaalllllyyyyy likes one of our girls in super tight gym pants - loves the camel toe look). Some clients bring toys with them (always new, sealed in packaging - the girls won't used opened toys) and the girls get to keep the toys after.

And no, if I could offer a Goon discount I'd never be rid of your fuckers. I always wonder if I have come across anyone before, though. There's a few clients I've suspected. (Others are obvious 4chan-ers. Ugggghhhhhh)

Aryan Jesus posted:

So this story about the "Party Package" is less than a week old. I'm sure it's not indicative of the industry as a whole but it's certainly not unheard of.

Definitely not indicative of the industry, at least down here. NSW has some of the most relaxed laws in regards to sex work, and there are a lot more shops than in Vic, so I can't talk for the state of the industry up there.
In terms of what I think of that article and the claims against the brothel, if they are offering that, I'm loving disgusted. It's one thing to turn a blind eye to what the client is bringing in, at least until it causes trouble, but if they're supplying drugs to clients and their girls, particularly when it's leaving girls unconscious and/or dead, that is hosed. Absolutely hosed. I hope the business owners end up in prison for it, if that's the case.

Carth Dookie
Jan 28, 2013

Poopy posted:

Others are obvious 4chan-ers. Ugggghhhhhh

Now you can't say something like that and not elaborate.

By popular demand
Jul 17, 2007

IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!


Poopy posted:

(Others are obvious 4chan-ers. Ugggghhhhhh)

I shudder to think. :gonk:

New Wave Jose
Aug 20, 2008
Are any of the clients women?

BouncingBuckyBalls
Feb 15, 2011
Have two people ever come in for one session or is that even allowed? Something like a guy/girl come and want the guy tugged while the girl watches or guy/guy and they both get tugged.

It's weird that I picture your building on a street with dense trees all around.

Poopy
Jul 31, 2010

darth cookie posted:

Now you can't say something like that and not elaborate.
Neck beards. Think the sun shines out of their rear end. Nerdy assholes who criticise my choice in nerdy shirts and the comics I read at my desk. Guys who like to tell the girls about how much money they have but never tip and try and get out of paying extras. Guys who try and learn me on the legality of the sex industry (they have no clue). One guy made a really terrible meme reference and when I didn't laugh he tried to explain the joke and I went "I have the internet, I get it, it's just not funny" he got all sad faced,like I'd kicked a puppy. Lesson: do not make horrible rape jokes in a brothel.

Grimlook posted:

Are any of the clients women?

BouncingBuckyBalls posted:

Have two people ever come in for one session or is that even allowed? Something like a guy/girl come and want the guy tugged while the girl watches or guy/guy and they both get tugged.

It's weird that I picture your building on a street with dense trees all around.

Putting these two together.
Sometimes, not very often. Ladies tend to head to full service parlours, or places that have male workers. We do get the occasional lady, and they're always chill.
It's more common for one guy to book two ladies,but we do occasionally get couples in, and they always have a good time. Only had one argument about pricing with a couple where they didn't want to pay the full booking price for each of them, but that's just how it works.
Never had two guys come into be serviced together, they might come in together but will book separately. Their egos seem to be too fragile to see another dudes dick.

And that's totally not weird at all, because that is essentially what we have. Just a repurposed house with a huge bushy hedge out the front.

Poopy
Jul 31, 2010
Also, can I just say one thing?
If you ever go to a brothel and are asked to shower before hand (most places will have this as a requirement) please, for the love of all things good and sexy, wash your mother loving rear end crack.
This is the major complaint about clients from the girls. They go in and shower, the girls get up on the table and start the service, only to be assaulted by the rank smell of sweaty, unwashed rear end crack. 90% of clients don't seem to wash their butts.
What the gently caress, guys?

Hydrolith
Oct 30, 2009

Poopy posted:

Also, can I just say one thing?
If you ever go to a brothel and are asked to shower before hand (most places will have this as a requirement) please, for the love of all things good and sexy, wash your mother loving rear end crack.
This is the major complaint about clients from the girls. They go in and shower, the girls get up on the table and start the service, only to be assaulted by the rank smell of sweaty, unwashed rear end crack. 90% of clients don't seem to wash their butts.
What the gently caress, guys?

Poopy indeed.

Tasty_Crayon
Jul 29, 2006
Same story, different version.

Have you ever had to kick any one out for being too unclean?

Darth Freddy
Feb 6, 2007

An Emperor's slightest dislike is transmitted to those who serve him, and there it is amplified into rage.
If it taint getting rimmed it taint getting cleaned. Ok bad rhyme. Thanks for all the great answers, really interesting to hear from places where its been common and accepted for a while.

New Wave Jose
Aug 20, 2008
Thanks for the answer.

Did any girls ever quit because of something too disgusting or filthy and that was the last straw? Any client ever banned?

Best Friends
Nov 4, 2011

How long does the average employee work there and how long do they spend in the industry overall?

Poopy
Jul 31, 2010

Tasty_Crayon posted:

Have you ever had to kick any one out for being too unclean?
Nah. If they come in and they smell, I make sure to be very clear about the need to shower before a booking, politely, of course, and they're normally pretty good about it.
I kick clients out for better reasons than being a bit dirty.

Grimlook posted:

Thanks for the answer.

Did any girls ever quit because of something too disgusting or filthy and that was the last straw? Any client ever banned?
Not that I've come across. Ive had girls quit because of clients being too pushy or rough, but they're normally a pretty resilient type. Mostly you'll get girls new to the industry who come in and think they're okay with it and within one or two bookings (or even just a couple of intros) they wig out and realise they're not cut out for the industry.
Have banned a couple, mostly for things like repeatedly trying to skip out on paying extras to the girls, and one guy for being a creepy stalker.

Best Friends posted:

How long does the average employee work there and how long do they spend in the industry overall?
It's a hugely varied thing. I think the average would probably be 1-3 years, with a lot extreme outliers in the mix. Like, you get girls who only last half an hour, and others who I know have been in the industry 10+ years.
In terms of staying with us at the one shop, we have a lot of long-timers.
Over 3/4 of our staff have been with us for 2+ years, and the newer girls are all looking likes they're going to hang around too.

Deadclown
Aug 1, 2014

Extremely interesting thread thank you. Just a few quick questions if you don't mind.

Do the guys get to pick the girl they want services from ,and how does this selection work? Do the girls just line up?

Are you licensed for specific services and that's it or can clients request whatever if the girl is keen and the money is right?

Kuiperdolin
Sep 5, 2011

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Do you get enough girls applying or do you have to seek employees?

What do they do when they age out of the business? Is it a concern?

horribleslob
Nov 23, 2004
Do any of the girls enter into relationships with their clients? Ie. are there any rules against it.

Who's weirder: The girls or the clients (or the management?)

tia

Agean90
Jun 28, 2008


If you're not allowed to advertise how do you get new customers or an established base of costumers? Word of mouth?

Lord Windy
Mar 26, 2010
I think you're allowed to advertise, but you can't advertise your services.

Poopy
Jul 31, 2010

Deadclown posted:

Extremely interesting thread thank you. Just a few quick questions if you don't mind.

Do the guys get to pick the girl they want services from ,and how does this selection work? Do the girls just line up?

Are you licensed for specific services and that's it or can clients request whatever if the girl is keen and the money is right?
The girls all intro, so they go in to the room (or intro lounge at other places, depends on the size of the business) and say hello one at a time, describe their service, discuss extras if the clients ask, etc, then I go and ask who they'll be staying with, take the booking fee, and let the girl know she's been booked.
We're fully licensed, so legally pretty much anything goes, but as a business we have restrictions on what the girls can offer, so, as mentioned earlier, no sex (that includes anal), but within reason pretty much anything else goes, if the girl is game.

Kuiperdolin posted:

Do you get enough girls applying or do you have to seek employees?

What do they do when they age out of the business? Is it a concern?
We actually are not allowed to advertise for staff. Not girls, not receptionists, not cleaners, nothing. We have to rely on word of mouth and hope girls find us online and call up.
Thankfully we have a fairly strong roster of regular girls, and interview new girls every few weeks. I probably make one interview appt a week, but probably only 1/4 of the girls that call up actually end up coming in. The girls that call up and have never been in the industry before are the most likely to flake, they call up looking for work because they're broke and desperate, and they chicken out, which is totally understandable, this job is not for everyone.
Ageing out of the business isn't really an issue. Some girls only plan to work with us while they're studying, or working out what they want to do, some just do it as a second job for a bit of extra income. The women that do this long term are amazing. They have regular, loyal clients, who are the best. They follow these girls from shop to shop until the girl settles at one, and they stay with her. There's one woman I work with who is in her 40s, has been doing this for 17 years, and has clients who have been seeing her since day one. She has no plans to stop, but when she does, she'll get by. She earns a hell of a lot, she and her husband have built a gigantic house, have a lot of cats and crazy parties. When she leaves the industry it will be because she wants to, not because she's too old.

Lief posted:

Do any of the girls enter into relationships with their clients? Ie. are there any rules against it.

Who's weirder: The girls or the clients (or the management?)

tia
No. There's no rules against it, and clients certainly try every now and then, but the girls aren't interested in finding a boyfriend here. A lot of them are already in long term relationships, and this is their job.
We're all pretty weird. I've walked out to the back room to find three 30+ year old women standing on chairs singing Backstreet Boys into hairbrushes.
Honestly, we get some weird clients, weird girls, and I'm certainly not normal, but all in all it's pretty tame. You get the odd client with a non-standard request, but not very often.

Agean90 posted:

If you're not allowed to advertise how do you get new customers or an established base of costumers? Word of mouth?

Lord Windy posted:

I think you're allowed to advertise, but you can't advertise your services.
We can advertise but there's pretty strict regulations around it, can't use certain words (massage, remedial) can't advertise age. Can't use any avenue other than print media and web (no video, no radio, tv etc). Strict regs on size of advertisements. It's ridiculous.
We have a website, and are listed on sites like Punter Planet.
People know how to use google, and so they find us.

Tiggum
Oct 24, 2007

Your life and your quest end here.


Poopy posted:

We can advertise but there's pretty strict regulations around it, can't use certain words (massage, remedial) can't advertise age. Can't use any avenue other than print media and web (no video, no radio, tv etc). Strict regs on size of advertisements. It's ridiculous.
So brothels can't advertise on billboards and those trucks that just drive around with ads on them like the strip clubs do?

And what is the relationship between strip clubs and brothels? Do strip clubs refer people to brothels? Do many women work at both?

Tiggum fucked around with this message at 14:53 on Sep 8, 2014

Marf Revus
Apr 20, 2010

Meh
Is there any specific reason your place doesn't offer full service? Sounds like it's just a choice that was made but isn't it also just cutting off a lot of potential profit?

What's the minimumm age for clients? Ever have teens try to use a fake ID or show up and try?

Tiggum posted:

And what is the relationship between strip clubs and brothels? Do strip clubs refer people to brothels? Do many women work as both?

Are there any businesses that combine strip clubs and brothels? Or is that not even possible with laws/regulations.

Poopy
Jul 31, 2010

Tiggum posted:

So brothels can't advertise on billboards and those trucks that just drive around with ads on them like the strip clubs do?

And what is the relationship between strip clubs and brothels? Do strip clubs refer people to brothels? Do many women work at both?
Print ads can not exceed 13x18cm, so no, no billboards.
There are a few girls that have done both, not many do both at the same time. Some strip clubs will refer clients, but generally to full service places in the city. We had a full service shop refer a couple of clients to us though.
I have friends that work in strip clubs and they're mostly okay with the other side of the industry, but most have no interest, and some women can actually be quite horrible about it.

Marf Revus posted:

Is there any specific reason your place doesn't offer full service? Sounds like it's just a choice that was made but isn't it also just cutting off a lot of potential profit?

What's the minimumm age for clients? Ever have teens try to use a fake ID or show up and try?


Are there any businesses that combine strip clubs and brothels? Or is that not even possible with laws/regulations.
Some ladies are not comfortable offering full service, or just don't want to, and there are clients out there that don't want it either, so we offer them an alternative.
We make plenty of money without it, so it's not a big deal. Like, by that idea, a women's clothing shop is cutting off a lot of profit by not also offering a men's line, or a burger joint is cutting out profit by not offering fish and chips, but it's not what the business owners want to offer, and if people want men's clothing or fish and chips or full service, they can find it elsewhere and the people that want what we offer can come to us and everyone is happy.

Minimum legal age is 18, I've carded a few young looking guys (all except one were older than me, whoops), and after 8 years of checking ids I'm pretty good at picking fakes, and haven't had any.

Nope, strip clubs can and do have alcohol, where brothels are 100% not allowed at all under any circumstances at all ever at any time never. Seriously, if I went shopping before work and grabbed a bottle of wine to take home after work and had it on the premises, even locked away in a cupboard or in my handbag unopened and we had an inspection and it was found? Massive fine.
Also the licensing and regulations are completely different and in a lot of ways incompatible.
So no, they're not combined.
There is a push to licence strip clubs the same way as brothels (no alcohol, advertising regulations, stricter licensing practises, etc) but I don't think it's helpful or necessary, but if they did, I think there would be a lot of strip club + brothel venues.

Doctor Malaver
May 23, 2007

Ce qui s'est passé t'a rendu plus fort
Is oral without a condom an extra you can get?

Poopy posted:

after 8 years of checking ids I'm pretty good at picking fakes, and haven't had any.

How do you know you're good at it then? This doesn't make sense. :)

Cool thread tho!

Lord Waffle Beard
Dec 7, 2013
Do you ever give "Bonuses" to the sluts you are manipulating?

Ride The Gravitron
May 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
How do you sleep at night knowing you're charing 120AUD for a simple handy?

Carth Dookie
Jan 28, 2013

Volume posted:

How do you sleep at night knowing you're charing 120AUD for a simple handy?

... on a mattress stuffed with $100 bills?

Kaal
May 22, 2002

through thousands of posts in D&D over a decade, I now believe I know what I'm talking about. if I post forcefully and confidently, I can convince others that is true. no one sees through my facade.

Doctor Malaver posted:

Is oral without a condom an extra you can get?

I'm pretty sure that's illegal in Australia and New Zealand because of safety concerns. There's really not that much difference between oral penetration without a condom and vaginal penetration without a condom.

Poopy
Jul 31, 2010

Volume posted:

How do you sleep at night knowing you're charing 120AUD for a simple handy?

Why, how much are you charging?

Poopy
Jul 31, 2010

Doctor Malaver posted:

Is oral without a condom an extra you can get?


How do you know you're good at it then? This doesn't make sense. :)

Cool thread tho!
No. Nope. Nope nope nope. Nuh uh. Both illegal and dangerous. See Kaal's answer below.

E whoops forgot the second question. I haven't had a fake in the place I'm working in now. I've seen a lot of fake ids in the last 7 years, I used to sell alcohol and cigarettes and had to card people all the time.

Kaal posted:

I'm pretty sure that's illegal in Australia and New Zealand because of safety concerns. There's really not that much difference between oral penetration without a condom and vaginal penetration without a condom.

Poopy fucked around with this message at 09:41 on Sep 14, 2014

Doctor Malaver
May 23, 2007

Ce qui s'est passé t'a rendu plus fort
Are at least handies preformed skin on skin, or do the girls carry gloves?

Volume posted:

How do you sleep at night knowing you're charing 120AUD for a simple handy?

Poopy posted:

Why, how much are you charging?

:mmmhmm:

Ride The Gravitron
May 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

Doctor Malaver posted:

Are at least handies preformed skin on skin, or do the girls carry gloves?



:mmmhmm:

It's extra if you want the gloves. Otherwise they just use this.

Poopy
Jul 31, 2010

Doctor Malaver posted:

Are at least handies preformed skin on skin, or do the girls carry gloves?



:mmmhmm:

No condom (or gloves) required for handies. Barriers are generally only required for insertion.

Cabbages and Kings
Aug 25, 2004


Shall we be trotting home again?

darth cookie posted:

Haggling over that sort of thing is gross.

why? If the ethos here is just "it's a service industry, treat it like a service industry like everything else", then why is contract negotiation gross? Unless you're objecting to the whole principle of haggling, in which case that sounds pretty racist.

beanieson
Sep 25, 2008

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Tim Raines IRL posted:

why? If the ethos here is just "it's a service industry, treat it like a service industry like everything else", then why is contract negotiation gross? Unless you're objecting to the whole principle of haggling, in which case that sounds pretty racist.

Wait, objecting to haggling is racist?

Kaal
May 22, 2002

through thousands of posts in D&D over a decade, I now believe I know what I'm talking about. if I post forcefully and confidently, I can convince others that is true. no one sees through my facade.

Poopy posted:

Not really, our girls are pretty good at what they do, haha.
We get guys every now and then who ask if we offer discounted rates for regular clients (no), or will complain about the prices. I had a new client come in the other day (and it's a semi-regular conversation I have to have) and on hearing the prices told me "oh, but that's not for full service?" No, it's not we don't offer full service here. "Well it's just that I can get full service elsewhere for the same price!"

Oh this reminds me of a question: Since advertising is legally limited, does your company (or other area companies) do other standard marketing practices? I mean things like offer package deals, memberships, coupons, discounts, daily specials, etc. You mention that you don't offer discount rates for regular clients, but why not? They seem to work well for some industries, but since legalized sex work remains fairly distinct from other legal industries I wonder. Plus I'm not sure how I'd feel if I was a sex worker and saw a billboard outside the building that read "Teabag Tuesday 20% OFF" or whatever. Maybe I'd feel cheap, or maybe I'd think, "Hey that's good business!" I don't really know. :D

Kaal fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Sep 14, 2014

Captain Mog
Jun 17, 2011
What would you say to someone who said that what you're doing is degrading to women and aiding in the objectification of females by men? Do you think that prostitution is something that can be empowering to women? I'm not being sarcastic. This is an honest question and I'm curious to hear your response.

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Sexgun Rasputin
May 5, 2013

by Ralp

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Captain Mog posted:

What would you say to someone who said that what you're doing is degrading to women and aiding in the objectification of females by men? Do you think that prostitution is something that can be empowering to women? I'm not being sarcastic. This is an honest question and I'm curious to hear your response.

lol

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