MONTREAL – The exploding array of sexual services in Quebec massage parlours is transforming the sex trade, and traditional masseuses say they are being squeezed out by escorts offering “extras.”
QMI Agency has learned that more than half of listed erotic massage parlours offer the same services as escort agencies.
One employee, who gave his name as Dave, says competition between salons is fierce and has led owners to push staffers towards prostitution.
“I can confirm to you that (women) are offering full services in the salons, and it’s often at the urging of the bosses,” said Dave.
“It’s not difficult to understand — the competition is so strong between the salons that girls must do more to keep their customers.”
He said the only difference between escort agencies and the debauched massage parlours is that intercourse and oral sex are extra at the parlours.

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The year-and-a-half-long study involved 52 commercial sex workers who were uninfected with HIV, 44 sex workers who were HIV-positive and 71 uninfected women not working in prostitution in Benin, all over the age of 18.
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“We have identified prostitutes, who of course, are highly exposed to the virus and some of them, they don’t get infected even though they practise in the same way as others, in the same building, with the same clients. They don’t get infected after four, five, seven years of prostitution,” Roger, who has been investigating HIV-resistance in commercial sex workers in Benin and Zimbabwe for the past 15 years, told Postmedia News.
These results, he said, were even more remarkable given that this group of HIV-resistant women had fewer inflammatory molecules than uninfected women who were not working in prostitution.

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The year-and-a-half-long study involved 52 commercial sex workers who were uninfected with HIV, 44 sex workers who were HIV-positive and 71 uninfected women not working in prostitution in Benin, all over the age of 18.
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“We have identified prostitutes, who of course, are highly exposed to the virus and some of them, they don’t get infected even though they practise in the same way as others, in the same building, with the same clients. They don’t get infected after four, five, seven years of prostitution,” Roger, who has been investigating HIV-resistance in commercial sex workers in Benin and Zimbabwe for the past 15 years, told Postmedia News.
These results, he said, were even more remarkable given that this group of HIV-resistant women had fewer inflammatory molecules than uninfected women who were not working in prostitution.

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The 1 1/2-year study involved 52 commercial sex workers who were uninfected with HIV, 44 sex workers who were HIV-positive and 71 uninfected women not working in prostitution, all over the age of 18.
This is the first study that compares the blood and immune response to the HIV virus of HIV-resistant women, Roger said.
Surprisingly, Roger noted, researchers found that the group of uninfected sex workers had fewer inflammatory molecules in the vagina than women infected with HIV who were also commercial sex workers working under similar conditions.
“We have identified prostitutes, who, of course, are highly exposed to the virus and some of them, they don’t get infected even though they practise in the same way as others, in the same building, with the same clients. They don’t get infected after four, five, seven years of prostitution,” Roger told Postmedia News.

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The year-and-a-half-long study involved 52 commercial sex workers who were uninfected with HIV, 44 sex workers who were HIV-positive and 71 uninfected women not working in prostitution in Benin, all over the age of 18.
…
“We have identified prostitutes, who of course, are highly exposed to the virus and some of them, they don’t get infected even though they practise in the same way as others, in the same building, with the same clients. They don’t get infected after four, five, seven years of prostitution,” Roger, who has been investigating HIV-resistance in commercial sex workers in Benin and Zimbabwe for the past 15 years, told Postmedia News.
These results, he said, were even more remarkable given that this group of HIV-resistant women had fewer inflammatory molecules than uninfected women who were not working in prostitution.

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The year-and-a-half-long study involved 52 commercial sex workers who were uninfected with HIV, 44 sex workers who were HIV-positive and 71 uninfected women not working in prostitution in Benin, all over the age of 18.
…
“We have identified prostitutes, who of course, are highly exposed to the virus and some of them, they don’t get infected even though they practise in the same way as others, in the same building, with the same clients. They don’t get infected after four, five, seven years of prostitution,” Roger, who has been investigating HIV-resistance in commercial sex workers in Benin and Zimbabwe for the past 15 years, told Postmedia News.
These results, he said, were even more remarkable given that this group of HIV-resistant women had fewer inflammatory molecules than uninfected women who were not working in prostitution.

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Lawyer Peter Kemp, who represents Shafia, said he had not yet talked to his client about the possibility of an appeal.”He was not convicted for what he did, he was convicted for what he said,” Kemp said in an interview outside the courtroom, in a reference to damning wiretap recordings played during the trial. On the recordings, Shafia was overheard cursing his dead daughters as “whores,” “prostitutes,” and “honourless girls.”In one recording, Shafia said: “May the devil shit on their graves.”Defence lawyer David Crowe, who represents Yahya, and defence lawyer Patrick McCann, who represents Hamed, both said they believe their clients will appeal.Crown lawyer Gerard Laarhuis said police and prosecutors are pleased with the verdicts.”We want to thank the jury for their very real contribution to the administration of justice,” he said, speaking to a crowd of reporters and spectators on the front lawn of the courthouse.”Our community should be very proud of the quality investigation done by the Kingston police and police from various police organizations throughout Canada.”© Copyright (c) Postmedia News

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Lawyer Peter Kemp, who represents Shafia, said he had not yet talked to his client about the possibility of an appeal.”He was not convicted for what he did, he was convicted for what he said,” Kemp said in an interview outside the courtroom, in a reference to damning wiretap recordings played during the trial. On the recordings, Shafia was overheard cursing his dead daughters as “whores,” “prostitutes,” and “honourless girls.”In one recording, Shafia said: “May the devil shit on their graves.”Defence lawyer David Crowe, who represents Yahya, and defence lawyer Patrick McCann, who represents Hamed, both said they believe their clients will appeal.Crown lawyer Gerard Laarhuis said police and prosecutors are pleased with the verdicts.”We want to thank the jury for their very real contribution to the administration of justice,” he said, speaking to a crowd of reporters and spectators on the front lawn of the courthouse.”Our community should be very proud of the quality investigation done by the Kingston police and police from various police organizations throughout Canada.”© Copyright (c) Postmedia News

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Lawyer Peter Kemp, who represents Shafia, said he had not yet talked to his client about the possibility of an appeal.”He was not convicted for what he did, he was convicted for what he said,” Kemp said in an interview outside the courtroom, in a reference to damning wiretap recordings played during the trial. On the recordings, Shafia was overheard cursing his dead daughters as “whores,” “prostitutes,” and “honourless girls.”In one recording, Shafia said: “May the devil shit on their graves.”Defence lawyer David Crowe, who represents Yahya, and defence lawyer Patrick McCann, who represents Hamed, both said they believe their clients will appeal.Crown lawyer Gerard Laarhuis said police and prosecutors are pleased with the verdicts.”We want to thank the jury for their very real contribution to the administration of justice,” he said, speaking to a crowd of reporters and spectators on the front lawn of the courthouse.”Our community should be very proud of the quality investigation done by the Kingston police and police from various police organizations throughout Canada.”© Copyright (c) Postmedia News

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All of the victims had drowned but examinations could not pinpoint where and how they drowned.
The three-month-long trial revealed that Shafia was enraged because he felt his daughters had violated strict cultural rules about sexual modesty, they dressed in revealing clothes and they were disobedient. Mohammad wanted a divorce and sup-ported the three girls in their pursuit of western lifestyles. She and Yahya clashed frequently and Mohammad wrote, in a diary entered as evidence, that she was abused, humiliated and isolated.
Lawyer Peter Kemp, who rep-resents Mohammad Shafia, said: “He was not convicted for what he did, he was convicted for what he said,” Kemp said in reference to damning wiretap recordings played during the trial. On the recordings, Shafia was over-heard cursing his dead daughters as “whores,” “prostitutes,” and “honourless girls.”

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