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""Fourteen (approximately 22%) of the 65 interviewees (five in melbourne, nine in vancouver) identified south asian clients when asked to describe troublesome clients or clients. This is a substantial minority and warrants a closer analysis for a number of reasons. First south asian clients were the most commonly mentioned group when workers talked about problematic clients. Most descriptions of bad clients typically referred to specific behaviours such as non payment or disrespectful behavior, rather than particular groups of men, with the exception of south asian men. Second, comments about south asian clients were qualitatively different from comments about other clients in generals (i.e not specifically about abusive clients). Workers commented about other ethnicities, but they tended towards casual observations, such as preferences of particular groups. Comments about south asians were more emotionally charged, insistent and absolute than comments about other groups. Interviewees used words such as 'hate', 'worst', 'cheap', and rude when talking about south asian clients. South asian clients elicited strong emotions, as Andrea demonstrates:
Bad customers, Like east indians, they don't take care of girls, they treat us like dog. That's a bad customer, especially east indians. Most worst people in the world.... It's garbage (they are) too bad, they are dirty. Even they are rude.... I mean the first generation coming from immigration, from the east indians, they are really bad, They're rude. (Andrea, naturalised citizen, Asian, Vancouver, Massage shop worker)
"Workers spoke about South asian client who challenged worker's instructions, exhibited questional hygiene, disrespected workers, demonstrated stubborness and attempted to evade payment through theft, intense bargaining or refusals to pay. Workers in both cities argued this was common knowledge in the industry, as Suki, an asian international student working in a Melbourne licensed brothel states: Every girl hate Indian, they are famous bad, very rude"
reference: Sex Work, Immigration and Social Difference By Julie Ham
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