# I started massage therapy school!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 9, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-started-massage-therapy-school/697981 "2014-09-09T17:48:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-started-massage-therapy-school/697981/21 "2014-09-12T02:13:14Z")

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> [@papergirl](#):
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> Oh, I’m not attractive. No problem there. 🙂  
> Getting turned on isn’t the issue, though. I don’t think erections can be controlled any more than, say, goosebumps. It’s just a thing. The expectation on my end, though, is that my client not feel like he has a right to be sexual with me just because he gets it up. Such things can be ignored for the safety and comfort of us both.  
> I do find massage, even a deep tissue massage…oh, maybe not gentle, but definitely enjoyable. But not in a sexual way at all.  
> You could try a chair massage and see how that goes.

I considered it once when I threw out my back.

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