Indonesian Masseuses Told To 'Lock' Their Pants

Massage parlors in an Indonesian town are asking their female masseuses to padlock their skirts and pants to make it clear that sex is not on offer.

But the move has been protested by the women's affairs minister of Indonesia, where massage parlors are often a front for prostitution.

"It is not the right way to prevent promiscuity," Meutia Swasono says in Thursday's Jakarta Post. "It insults women... as if they are the ones in the wrong."

One parlor in the tourist town of Batu on Java island has already told its masseuses to padlock their skirts or trousers to make it clear that the establishment does not tolerate prostitution.

Others in the town started following suit after local officials suggested it was a good idea at a recent meeting with parlor owners.

"The padlocking phenomena has been seen at various parlors and it is something we like," says Imam Suryono, the head of the town's public order authority.

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