Choosing a Registered Massage Therapist: Man or Woman?

[Dickie Manley]

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I'm just not sure if asking for a woman is "rude" or not.

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at a sports med clinic the rules may be different since they are concerned w/ rehabbing injuries instead of making a customer feel good/de-stress.

at a spa or massage specialist joint they ask you if you have a preference, and from here on out my response will be 'yes, female please'



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Even if you have no problem with getting a massage from a man, I don't see how any straight man wouldn't "prefer" a woman.


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bingo.

[Blarg]

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Even if you have no problem with getting a massage from a man, I don't see how any straight man wouldn't "prefer" a woman.

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Agreed. Unless the woman has a bad odor or something, I enjoy a woman's touch. A man's touch I'm at best indifferent about, and that's on a really good day. Frankly, if most of them fell off the edge of the earth, it would take me a while to remember I was supposed to find that sad, and longer to maybe feel it.

Nothing personal, quite the contrary. Y'all are awright. But that doesn't make ya women.

[Trouthunter]

I've had a ton of massages rehabbing a back injury and I always asked for a woman. Nobody ever gave me any grief or even acted like it was at all weird. I just don't want some dude rubbing on my back.

[ChicoLind]

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If you prefer a man, you are Full Blown gay. end of thread.

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fyp

[NT!]

It doesn't matter. I've gotten massages from men and women. The best I have had was from the biggest Mexican dude I've ever seen, while on vacation. I find having a woman do it more relaxing but I haven't had one that really turned me to jello. Either one is great.

To those of you who are fixated on the gayness of a dude rubbing you down: grow up.

NT

[Blarg]

I don't know that it's fixation so much as enjoyment. I just enjoy a woman's touch more. It's not necessarily sexual at all, but it is sensual. Ignoring this part of the pleasure of a massage seems silly to me.

If I were worrying about rehabilitation or something like Rolfing, it might be quite different. But when it's about enjoyment, I doubt a man's strength, or even strength and skill combined, can replace the pleasure of a woman's touch for most guys, unless the woman is just lousy.

I'm not shy about taking my small, silly pleasures where I find them, and enjoying them to the hilt. I also find getting my hair washed when I'm getting a haircut a very sensuous enjoyable experience. If I could get my hair washed by a woman for an hour a day, that would be fine with me.

Touching is more than professional, clinical, medical. Touching is sensual. That is all.

[Shajen]

Blarg,

If I ever get retarded rich, I'm hiring a woman to wash my hair every damned day. It is one of the best simple pleasures in life. A scalp massage during the process is a small slice of heaven.

[KaneKungFu123]

Im straight.

[katyseagull]

shajen,

you and I have the same idea. A shampoo and scalp massage is total heaven and should never be passed up. One of the best Committed episodes had Marni raving about her hairgasm.

[Performify]

Either way, you should be sure to chose a combination analyst / therapist.

Their work is groundbreaking.