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<DIV>Janet,</DIV>
<DIV> You didn't watch the short-lived (2 seasons) male counterpart to Sex
and the City on HBO, Mind of the Married Man? It was about male companions
working in a newspaper office in downtown Chicago (my original home and
workplace). Lot's of local color including a massage parlor and a running
plot about the "guilt" associated with the "Happy Ending".</DIV>
<DIV>Gene</DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=Pengyfelix@aol.com href="mailto:Pengyfelix@aol.com">Pengyfelix@aol.com</A>
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<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=groop@groo.com
href="mailto:groop@groo.com">groop@groo.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 30, 2004 11:13 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Groop] Getting Old Groop Back</DIV></DIV>
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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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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Janet</DIV>
<DIV><BR><A title=http://janetharriett.blogspot.com/
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