I am a certified masseur… I do also offer massages in the nude if you would like and also cater to all and any fetishes or fantasies you may have at no extra charge. “Well my rates are $55 in-call and $75 out-call, I offer all types of massages and also erotic services. Responding to one ad that looked somewhat legitimate and asking for rates, I received an email back that could not be mistaken for anything but a solicitation.
Craigslist, which is quickly becoming one of the largest problems with many local law enforcement teams, seems to be nothing but prostitution under the guise of massage. A simple search of “male massage therapist” turns up more than a hundred-thousand sites with therapists offering erotic or sexual services. While 25-40% of ads in gay and lesbian publications may actually offer legitimate therapeutic services, the numbers dwindle to nearly zero when you go online. Catering to erotic and sensual massage is where the money is at.” Photos of naked or half-naked men in sexually provocative positions, confusing the reader on what services the ads are selling, accompany even the few ads that indicate “non-sexual” services.īrian, a massage therapist in Cincinnati who has been practicing massage for more than 20 years says, “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. The Gay and Lesbian Times lists more than two-dozen ads for massage, many of which offer “discreet,” “erotic” and “sensual” services. On either side of the coin, being a legitimate gay male therapist can be nearly impossible.įlipping through the local gay and lesbian news magazine can seem more like looking for escort services than seeking therapeutic massage. Conversely, therapists battle the extreme opposite with gay clientele who arelooking 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. It isn’t news that the massage and bodywork industry is a difficult field to be in if you’re male, especially when you only account for about 15% of the population of therapists.