Discriminatory comments about female or male MT's?

[Daddybear]

I was wondering, so we have a more diverse opinion on discrimination in the massage therapy field, What discriminatory comments have you heard about massage therapists that were either Female or Male?I started a topic on male mt discrimination recently but, thought it might be good if I included both female and male massage therapists in this new post topic.Thank you for sharing your experiences with us.

 

[Fred]

Discriminatory comments about female or male M

ive never had a gender discrinination but i have had a size discrimaination. im fairly petiet and people take one look at me and say they want deep tissue. when i give them a "medium" deep tissue massage thay practically beg for me to lighten up and the always endup saying somthing about them assuming that because of my size i wouldnt be able to apply signifigant pressure if any pressure ant all .  and i always tell  the client " its the little ones you got to watch out for" ;D but thats it for discrimination nothing about my gender so far. natalie

 

[debb]

Discriminatory comments about female or male M

ditto on the never having a problem w/ gender. but same thins on the size as natalie (sort of) im on the other end of the scale, im rather fluffy, and people tend to think i do not have the stamina to do several massages back to back (i do, and the last one is as good as the 1st!!) i hope never to come across gender discrimination. i alternate MY massase time w/ men and women!

 

[MightyHyphy]

Discriminatory comments about female or male M

being 6'4 i hear alot of people say they hired me because of my hight, they figure taller and bigger you are the deeper you can go with the massage.. alot of people get this look on their face when i tell them what i do for aliving, some people here in atl asume if your a massage therapist that it must mean you do sensual massages or more.

 

[bittysmom]

Discriminatory comments about female or male M

I am with Natalie.  I have had a lot of people not think that I can do deep work because I am smaller.  Boy, do I show them they are wrong.  I think alot of the time if someone is being discriminatory you wouldn't necessarily find out.  If they didn't want to go you because you are male or female, they would just find someone else to go to without telling you anything.

 

[Jimmy Jazz]

Discriminatory comments about female or male M

Hi, y'all.  Thanks for all your replies.I guess I never heard many comments about height concerning massages. That's a new one to me.Thank you for sharing and keep the comments coming.I and others appreciate them.Thanks.

 

[Bff Mistery!]

Discriminatory comments about female or male M

Sorry ladies, I've heared many discriminating statements about the female MTs. A lot of my clients will come to me and say they down-right will not go to a female because they think males can give more pressure. I feel I give adequite pressure, and have never been told to add more and rarely have been told to back off a little. I'm about 99% sure that's how it goes with females as well. Clients don't seem to realize we know how to use our body-weights to add pressure, and most of the time it's not about pressure anyway. As we all know, Deep Tissue doesn't necessarily mean More Pressure. I am guilty, however, in not correcting my clients when they say they feel male MTs give more pressure. I feel this gives me more of an advaneforum.xxxe than the other therapists in the area. In my area, there are 3 male therapists that I know of, 1 of them massages only on Thursdays and Fridays, and is about to start working at his house rather than the salon he currrently works at, and the other (besides me) is stuck working in a noisy salon right next to 4 nail techs (eww, the smell!). So, like BigDog said in the other discrimination post, I am using my gender to my advaneforum.xxxe.Side-note: I worked at my old massage school this weekend and was turned down by 2 clients over the phone because they did not want a male therapist. One was polite about it, and one lady said she did not trust men touching her 'that way.' Makes me wonder what kind of massage she's receiving from the school....