Comments on: Girls, Boys, and Gender Preference https://www.findtouch.com/blog/girls-boys-and-gender-preference/ Sat, 03 Feb 2024 16:54:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.10 By: Sue Peterson https://www.findtouch.com/blog/girls-boys-and-gender-preference/#comment-2286 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 05:35:22 +0000 http://www.findtouch.com/blog/?p=196#comment-2286 These folks are not whining… they are expressing displeasure at the unfairness of life in general…Should any of us point out that gentlemen often have the advantage in other professions?

]]> By: Gender of-Fenders and Service with a Smile | Find Touch Massage Therapy Community https://www.findtouch.com/blog/girls-boys-and-gender-preference/#comment-2285 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 19:19:54 +0000 http://www.findtouch.com/blog/?p=196#comment-2285 […] as some pretty serious whining going on amongst male therapists responding to Lynna Dunn’s recent article about “discrimination” against male therapists. Gentlemen, please put yourselves in the place of the person at the front desk, booking massages […]

]]> By: Corey https://www.findtouch.com/blog/girls-boys-and-gender-preference/#comment-126 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:36:02 +0000 http://www.findtouch.com/blog/?p=196#comment-126 No matter the reason for the female preference, it is still passing judgement on the male therapist. Either, the client is judging the fact that they believe I will judge them or they are judging that I will be inappropriate with them. If therapist A can massage you and therapist B can’t you are being judgemental. No, that isn’t “racist”.
More power to Anonymous!

]]> By: Lynna Dunn https://www.findtouch.com/blog/girls-boys-and-gender-preference/#comment-124 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:45:37 +0000 http://www.findtouch.com/blog/?p=196#comment-124 True; and this sounds like a great way for the front desk to handle it.

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.findtouch.com/blog/girls-boys-and-gender-preference/#comment-123 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:02:58 +0000 http://www.findtouch.com/blog/?p=196#comment-123 There’s a difference between the client having a preference and a spa, resort, or clinic asking up front if they have a preference. As that is definitely gender discrimination by the employer, and by asking up front, it presents gender as a problem.

Nearly every place does this gender discriminatory act and is not being called on it.

The answer is simple: “We have a 2pm opening with Jim, he is really great and I love the way he always helps loosen up my bad right hip.”

This dialogue makes it clear what gender the therapist is, and praises the therapist as well. IF the client has an issue, this will be their opportunity to communicate as such.

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