Hi my husband is a Massage Therapist, and we would like to know how many of you would go to a guy Massage Therapist comfortably? We are trying to start our own company and would like to know how the public feels about this and what they would do. Please answer for us.

I'm a guy and I wouldn't, sorry, just... no.

I would. Makes no difference to me.

This is ironic as my girlfriend just bought her boyfriend a gift certificate for a massage and he was adamant that he would not go to a guy?

I asked hubby and he said - no way would he go to a guy.

My male boss said he didn't care either way.

So, say go for it. Maybe you could learn as well as do the guys that won't go to your hubby?

Go for it and follow your dreams. There will always be an overworked guy with a wonderful girlfriend or wife who will buy them a massage. :)

Wish you both the best of luck.

I am a female and I would actually prefer to go to a female massage therapist. I might try a male but I don't know if I could trust his hands on me. I guess it depends!

There are two levels of massage, there are the low life hookers that perform sexual funtions,

Then there are real massages, on a real massage, it does not matter the sex of the person giving it, they are forms of treatment basically for stress and muscle soreness.

Hi my husband is a Massage Therapist, and we would like to know how many of you would go to a guy Massage Therapist comfortably? We are trying to start our own company and would like to know how the public feels about this and what they would do. Please answer for us.

I am a man. I personally would feel uncomfortable having another man massage me. With homosexuality as open and rampant as it is, I would be concerned that a man of that persuasion might pass on some sort of communicable disease or something. On the other hand, I used to go to a very good chiropractor who had several female massage therapist employees. I would always get a massage before he would adjust my back. On a couple of occasions, he would have to give me a massage if he was shorthanded or something like that. He was a body builder and he was dating one of his therapists and I knew that he was straight. Because of his muscle mass, he was able to get to the deeper muscles in my back which the female therapists could not reach (I was a body builder at that time too). Conclusion, if I knew the guy and felt comfortable that he was straight then I might not have much of a problem with it although I still prefer a female to massage me.

My god how immature can people get. It doesn't matter people! If your afraid of the same sex touching you it sounds like your gay and you don't want people to find out. It's a massage not sex. Calm down.

The Massage Therapist at our work location is a man. We all go. Women and men. So it does not make a difference.

Joe

My god how immature can people get. It doesnt matter people! if your afraid of the same sex touching you it sounds like your gay and you dont want people to find out. Its a massage not sex. Calm down.

So you wouldn't mind if a convicted sex offender massaged you. After all, it's just a massage, right? Also, you kind of have it backwards, if I were gay, I would want someone of the same sex touching me but I said that I preferred that a man not massage me. Just thought I would straighten that out for you.

A massage therapist who is operating legally will be licensed to do so. People who have committed certain types of crimes are prevented from obtaining licences to operate or work in certain professions, especially those that have to do with the physical care or maintenance of people.

A licensed massage therapist in order to maintain his or her license is bound to follow the constraints of the law governing the granting of that license.

When I go to a massage therapist, I don't care if it's a man or woman, just so long as he or she does a great job and is also a licensed professional who is permitted to perform that kind of work.

When I go to a massage therapist, I don't care if it's a man or woman, just so long as he or she does a great job and is also a licensed professional who is permitted to perform that kind of work.

And that's fine but the person who started this thread wanted to know who would and who would not have a guy perform a massage on them. I'm glad that you don't have a problem either way, but I do. Some people are perfectly comfortable in a nudist colony, I'm not. Some people have no problem eating raw fish, I do. Some people shoot heroin, I don't. I'm sure you see my point. I didn't want to steer the person who began this thread in the wrong direction by saying "sure, I wouldn't mind one way or the other" when in reality, I do mind.

To Jonjons1girl: If you are in or near a big city (especially New York, LA, Chicago, etc.); if you set up your business in a professional manner and dress appropriately; if you present your business as a husband and wife team, I don't think you will have a problem. I truly believe that.

Well normally a convicted sex offender will not be able to get their state licnese to do massages. So there is little chance of that happening.

But a massage is not anything sexual, unless you are going to a prostitution place. It is more of a medical thing.

Honestly... I'd feel more comfortable with a woman giving me a massage. Just in case there's "movement", it would just feel weird if a guy was causing it.

Interesting topic, I was part of the massage society at Uni, and we offered free massages at one of the balls.

It was me and 2 girls massaging, my girlfriend was hanging around waiting for me (we got free entry to the ball for an hours massaging). There was a guy who wasn't very keen on being massaged by me, my girlfriend bullied him into it though. After the massage he thanked me profusely and said it was the best massage he'd had.

I think guys can give a little more power if you're after a hard massage, which can sometimes feel good, esspecially from a therapy point of view.

He is a body builder and is very manly, you can tell that he is not gay (no offense to anyone who is!)! Not to mention we are married and have a child. He just loves to help people that have chronic pain like me. So with that said what do you think?

Oh and can you tell me what city you are in with your answers. Just because we have been told only big cities would be best for our business.

He is a body builder and is very manly, you can tell that he is not gay (no offense to anyone who is!)! Not to mention we are married and have a child. He just loves to help people that have chronic pain like me. So with that said what do you think?

Well, like I said in an earlier post, my chiropractor had to unexpectedly massage me once prior to adjusting my spine. I knew him really well and was comfortable enough that it didn't bother me. I suppose the same thing would be true if I came across a similar situation i.e. I felt comfortable enough. However, if I just simply walked into a legitimate massage therapy location, I would prefer a woman massage me. It's something that comes naturally to me. It's probably true that 90% of the male massage therapist in our country are straight but I'm just not comfortable with the possibility of coming across someone who falls into the other 10%. I'm sure that some politically correct individual will come across this post and call me a homophobe or some such ridiculous name but I really don't care if they do. I don't "fear" or have a phobia towards "gay" men, It's just that their lifestyle disgusts me. No more and no less. One thing this country allows is freedom of opinion.

Oh and can yall tell me what city you are in with your answers. Just because we have been told only big cities would be best for our business.

Your business may very well thrive in a mid-sized city as well, it's just my opinion that bigger cities are generally more liberal than smaller towns so people in a bigger city would probably have less of a problem with a male massage therapist than people in smaller, more rural areas. I've lived in or very near some of the biggest cities in this country and I've lived in towns with less that 2000 people. Bigger cities are more liberal than smaller towns and coastal big cities are more liberal than midwestern big cities. If you really wanted your business to thrive, move to San Francisco or Boston.

When you go to a massage therapist, there's nothing sexual going on. I have no problem seeing a licensed massage therapist, male or female.

Boys that don't grow up don't ever mature into "real men". They hold on to irrational thinking and never face the question of why they are so insecure around other men.

I am secure enough with my body, my masculinity, and my "status as a man" to not be worried about the massage therapist being male or female... I'm more concerned about the quality of their work.

I know that some men may feel uncomfortable in this situation, my husband is one. However, I grew up believing that men are stronger than women. I know, I know, they all get the same training, but I guess it is just my belief that I would get a firmer massage from a man.

Although I am a woman, I would not have a problem seeing a woman therapist, it is just my stubborn beliefs that lead me to think a man would give a better massage.

Anyway, is he giving freebies to get the word-of-mouth out? I could sure use a massage!!

<-------the line forms here for the freebies. J/K

When you go to a massage therapist, there's nothing sexual going on. I have no problem seeing a licensed massage therapist, male or female.
Boys that don't grow up don't ever mature into "real men". They hold on to irrational thinking and never face the question of why they are so insecure around other men.
I am secure enough with my body, my masculinity, and my "status as a man" to not be worried about the massage therapist being male or female ... I'm more concerned about the quality of their work.

Hooray! You should get an "A" in sociology class. Interestingly, when I was a little boy, I didn't like girls very much, it was when I grew up and matured that my fondness for the opposite sex blossomed. Nobody said that getting a massage was "sex" but you assert that since I prefer the touch of a female over a male I haven't matured into a real man? Odd conclusion.

Hi,
I run a clinic that used to have a male therapist and he was very good. He had no issues getting patients, and once they knew what he was doing they loved it and word of mouth did the rest!
A lot depends on how and where you set up your business. If its from home, some people will feel funny going there for a massage, especially females. If it is in a professional clinic, there will be no issues, as most people realise that its professional massage by a professioanl therapist.

It also depends on the type of massage. Relaxation: most people imagine a female therapist. So if your husband want lots of work it will have to be deeptissue or sports massage, and that will atract big/heavy men which means hard work for your husband.

On the topic of sex; being in the industry I have only heard of male clients looking for female therapist to get a "happy ending" at the end of their session. So as a male therapist I don't see any issues, except that some people will prefer to see a female instead of male therapist (mainly because they think that male therapist will be too rough).

I hope this helps, and best of Luck!

I get a little frisky feeling when I'm being massaged so I'm not comfortable with a woman and I've never had one by a man. I just don't care to have a man touch me if I'm not or don't want to have sex with him. So... I don't care to get one by a strange man or woman. How sad for me.

Hi my husband is a Massage Therapist, and we would like to know how many of you would go to a guy Massage Therapist comfortably? We are trying to start our own company and would like to know how the public feels about this and what they would do. Please answer for us.

In my personal opinion, it is actually quite amazing to read comments from men who prefer female massage therapists working on them. I suppose when those men go to doctors they would prefer a female doctor because she could then give them the annual test for prostate instead of the male doctor. And how about physical therapists? Many of them are male assisting other males and they are placed in that direct role to help men as well as women in need. And how about the Male nurses who change and even bathe other males in the hospitals and other areas? To reject them simply because of their gender is cowardly and inappropriate.

Now, if a person (male or female) actually has first-hand experience that the person giving them a massage is doing so in an inappropriate manner, then they have cause to refuse the service. But for a male to refuse a male because they have some innate problem or are insecure about themselves warrants deeper self-examination of conscience. Why do you feel that way? And if as a male you prefer a female, what do you think (or hope) she will do to you that would be different from what the male therapist does? I would like to understand that. A professional service is just that, a service. That's all.

Also, a training instructor at a gym, for instance, would more than likely be male. They may need to touch you in order to teach you what you have gone there for (physical fitness training). They may "spot" you on the bench and be close to you. They may shower with you afterwards. The same will go for a martial arts instructor. I suppose you would prefer for a female to teach you these things? And then there is the military service where men bunk with other men, shower with them, dress with them, change in front of them, etc. It all boils down to insecurity in who you are. If one is totally secure in their orientation, believe me they would have no concerns about this whatsoever and thus would not make it so public and well-known. Be honest with yourself, what really bugs you deep down?

In my personal opinion, it is actually quite amazing to read comments from men who prefer female massage therapists working on them. Be honest with yourself, what really bugs you deep down?


And let's not forget the Chiropractors! These doctors are mostly male and also have to touch (extensively) other males in the course of their professional work. It would be ludicrous for a male to insist on seeing a female Chiropractor just because the one you would be seeing who would be helping you was male!

I'm female an would prefer a man giving a massage versus a woman . Not comfortable with another woman massaging me same for a doctor they need to be male good luck!