The Problem with Female Massage Instructors

by Howard Northrup
(Satellite Beach, FL, USA)

The Massage School I attended had two female instructors for the Massage Therapy part of the program. Because of this, I received no "real world" stories to prepare me for a career as a male massage therapist.

The only information that the instructors could pass on to the six male students in my class was the possibility of a female client wrongly accusing the male therapist of inappropriate activity, which would become a "her word against yours" situation.

Out of fear of that situation happening, I decided that I would add on the "Sexual Misconduct" rider (at an additional cost) to my Massage Liability Insurance policy for at least my first year in business. By the time I needed to renew the insurance a year later, I had given about 1,000 massages, including massaging probably 700 to 800 female clients, with no complaints of any misconduct. I decided that I could drop that extra rider because I had developed a reputation for being professional with MANY female clients who could vouch for me, if I was ever wrongly accused.

The two female instructors have since left the school I attended and have been replaced by two male Massage Therapy instructors. So I'm sure the male students now are getting some good real world stories and advice to prepare them for this career.

My advice to new male massage therapists is to strive to be as professional as possible in EVERY massage session to avoid any potential wrong accusations. As a male massage therapist, you will have to be much more professional, knowledgeable, effective, and likable than the average female therapist to ever be as successful as she will be.

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