A person making money off of doing something for someone else doesn’t make them (or other people who happen to share their gender, race, etc.) an object though. A cashier is not an object. A waiter/waitress is not an object. Neither is a maid, plumber, teacher, doctor, cook, nurse, chiropractor, dancer, or anyone else…

You sound like an expert on everything. Tell us more.

I would like to see evidence that (i) Houston is a hub for human trafficking and (ii) that massage parlors have anything to do with human trafficking.I grew up in Houston and never heard such a thing in my life. I also had a law partner who represented massage “girls” in criminal court and most were 30-40 something…

Actually, it would allow women who decide to partake in such endeavors, to go to the police when they have been assaulted, etc. 1 small part of many, that would make it safer to do so.

Just how common is this? About as common as “there is absolutely no sex in the champagne room at a strip club”?

Perhaps I should have been more explicit in speaking generally about money for ho’ing as opposed to massage parlors. Perhaps they are sketchier than a normal prostitute? I really don’t know.