Readers Respond to the Increase of Illicit Massage Parlors

Our story on massage struck a nerve. Last week, reporter Eliza Aronson examined how massage parlors that appear on sex-purchase websites have increased more rapidly in Portland and Oregon than in the country as a whole (“Nightmare in Plain Sight,” WW, Sept. 25). Nonprofit watchdogs and state regulators say such businesses are often staffed by women who have little recourse to leave. As is often the case in Portland, much of the resulting debate centered on what role the police should play. Here’s what our readers had to say:

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