Male masseur here. I also prefer male to male massages. Im more comfortable being massaged by a guy and prefer strong hands. Only another guy knows another guys body and where and when to apply the correct pressure and touch. I enjoy giving them to friends.
While I agree with a lot of what has been said, and while I have had massages while naked from male masseurs, clothed and naked, as well as ladies, also clothed or naked, I am not sure about the total relaxation point. I suspect that the difficulty relaxing completely is more o do with an expectation that the inevitable erection will be dealt with. I have to say that therapists of both sexes seem happy with that.
Whenever I get a massage, it is not unusal to get an erection.I also go to a King Spa, a Korean Spa in Niles, Il. I often get the body scrub. When I am laying on the table naked, and the therapist is scrubbing my arms, shoulders, and chest, my penis flops around until it gets erect. In order to get between my scrotum and leg, the therapist always moves my scrotum, and when on the left, also penis out of the way and I always get an erection then. The therapist is in under shorts. Everyone else is naked. I have often walked into the scrub area and seen another erect penis and I know others have seen mine. However, in the wet areas, there are a lot of naked males, they all have penises and understand.I am married to a woman and would be very self concious if I had those erections naked in front of her. In front of the therapist, or potentially other guys who understand, I have no feelings of shame.
I've never had an erection while getting a scrub/massage at King Spa. Those guys tend to be a bit rough
I am going to the therapist to day. Oh its so nice to be naked on the table. He is a great therapist, talks a little too much. Butt I get a nude massage.
No happy ending expected. So just a massage. Oh I do take a couple of Tylenol . It does Hurt , but it helps later.
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