but just because this industry is intimate doesn’t mean you have to bring people over to the prostitution side.Īs for me… i dated a massage therapist for 8 months… one of the hottest people i’ve ever dated – and his constant frustration was in dealing with people just like you who keep saying “oh… i wasn’t looking for a happy ending… but one would be nice *hint* *hint*”. so please don’t think that i have a moral problem with any of this. Please don’t get me wrong though – i’m all for prostitution…. I agree with Jason – an out gay man would never waste his money for a “happy ending”. the fact that you are not only defending it, but proud of it, puts it so far into the “disrespectful” category, i really don’t have much else to say. Josh AZ – i only commented because i thought your first admission was appalling.
Otherwise you are perpetuating the problem mentioned in the article and regular, well-trained massage therapists (male and female – gay and straight) have to weed through people only concerned about the ‘happy ending’ a crack whore can do, and could care less about the health benefits of the actual massage which costs thousands of dollars in training and equipment. So if you want your penis massaged, then go to the appropriate place and order a licensed masseur to relax your body and then handle your very valuable penis. I’m sure your dick is very important to you. I like hand jobs too – so again… no argument here. call it by any other name you want, but the only thing that you are trying to justify is a hand job for money. maybe you want to call her something else…. my opinion is that you spent way too much money since the crack whore on the corner would give you a hand job for only 10 bucks – and hers would be better since her hands are ribbed for your pleasure. “When you exchange sex or sexual gratification for money, in this case, under the guise of a massage therapist, it is prostitution and we take that very seriously,” says the Seattle Police Department. “Catering to erotic and sensual massage is where the money is at.”Īnd perhaps you’re among the very clientele shopping for these services? Word to the wise: Despite many law enforcement agencies turning a blind eye to the rampant Craigslist adverts, even sexual/sensual massage is illegal - it’s a form of prostitution, we’re told to believe.
“The only way for a male to make a great income in the massage industry is by catering to gay men who are looking for a hot guy to rub them down,” a 20-year massage veteran in Cincinnati tells Knight. “Nearly impossible” might be taking things too far (and we’d argue the recession has a big part in the difficulties of a massage therapist these days), but certainly there’s more cash to be made in adult services.
On either side of the coin, being a legitimate gay male therapist can be nearly impossible.” Conversely, therapists battle the extreme opposite with gay clientele who are looking for sexual pleasures from male therapists. “Whether straight or gay, therapists frequently battle homophobia from straight male clients who assume all male therapists are gay and looking to exploit their position for sexual pleasure. But that won’t be enough to overcome some of the more common stereotypes in the massage industry, writes Jason Knight. Not advertising on certain Craigslist sections, or the back pages of alt weeklies, is a good start. (Unlike openly straight college wrestler Hudson Taylor, who’s in it for LGBT rights, and not the chance to do this.) So what’s a legitimate gay masseur to do if he doesn’t want clients thinking he’s going to strip down and give ’em a handy? Gay massage therapists - the type who do not advertise themselves in the Village Voice‘s “erotic services” column, thank you very much - face some of the same dilemmas as gay wrestlers: Clients (or opponents) think you’re in it just to get sweaty and rub nasties with another dude.