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<DIV>Since people seem interested: </DIV>
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<DIV>Basically, the ethics of massage mostly emphasize proper business practices, but the part people are usually most interested in is the part about massage therapy not being a substitute for someone's girlfriend/boyfriend (though, outside of an episode of Sex and the City, I have never heard of a female client propositioning a massage therapist). Massage therapy is therapeutic and non-sexual in nature. In fact, a licensed massage therapist will toss you out on your backside if you even suggest anything improper during a massage and would certainly never be the first to suggest anything. Many people seem to hold the belief that "massage therapist" is a code word for "prostitute," much like how garbage collectors are called "sanitation engineers." Massage therapists, for which the code of ethics of massage applies, are alternative health care providers along the lines of chiropractors and may be covered by insurance (just try to get a hooker on your preferred provider network!). And there is a legal difference between massage therapists and masseuses that I will not get into except to say that massage therapists are licensed by the state medical boards in the same way physicians are.</DIV>
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<DIV>OK, off my soap box. </DIV></DIV></DIV>
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