I can respect that some people have medical problems and need to the strength of a male massuse.
Fortunately, I’m not in that category. However, I still treat myself to the occasional massage for relaxation and use female massues exclusively. As a man, I would feel really uncomfortable having another man touch me. Just couldn’t relax under those circumstances.
I understand completely. I can have a whole body massage without expecting something else, and I would only want a woman to do it.
What I find curious is a guy who goes to get a massage expecting something else.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
And that is perfectly fine. Your preferences count, as it is your hour, your money and your body. My husband prefers the challenge of rehab and, therefore, does very little relaxation work, per se. Of course, there is a relaxation component even in a medical massage, but it is usually a side effect.
BTW, “masseuse” is female. “Masseur” is male. Today, the preferred term is “massage therapist”.
There is more than enough work for everyone, which is why massage has developed so many different modalities. Most of the relaxation therapists will refer the medical work out and the medical practitioners will do the same for relaxation or energy work. Some women can handle the medical work, but in our area, the males almost all do deep tissue, neuromuscular therapy and sports massage and have advanced training in those areas. It is mainly a question of sustaining the practice over a long period of time. Female connective tissue begins to weaken after menopause and a lot of women retire in their early 50s or switch to energy work. My husband works on many of the female therapists in our area. My own hands gave out at 63, when I retired from actual practice.