The History of Massage - By: Ronald Goversten

The therapeutic benefits of massage were first recognized by the most early of civilizations, including the ancient Greeks and Romans. However; as far as early written texts are concerned, it is the ancient Chinese who can be credited with that.

Ancient Egyptian Tomb Paintings

Early Egyptian tomb paintings dating back thousands of years show that they were also using massage as a healing therapy as well. In fact even up to recent times massage was accepted as a therapeutic treatment for a variety of ailments and physical maladies.

Wars Bring Changes

It was the expansion of the military 1900s that gave birth to the illicit massage parlors that dotted the waterfronts close to military bases in the U.S., Asia and Europe. Religious morals of the time dictated that the sex trade that served the military needed a place to hide and the massage business became its cover.

Your Nerdy Conservative Father and Grandfather

So, this is where the subdued, conservative Christian fathers and grandfathers of the U.S. had their early youthful experimentations with their inner gay urges. They did things that would shame them on the inside for the rest of their lives and saddle them with an unshakable self loathing.

Keeping up the Cover

So they returned home and took solace in social conservatism as a way of denying their past. Marching off to church every Sunday with their wives and families, only to awaken in the middle of the night aroused, erect and torn by the memories of their youthful experimentations with transvestites in foreign lands.

Message Therapy Today

Their response was to focus their inner rage and self hatred and loathing outward at the massage industry and label any venue that offered massage therapy illegitimate, as a way of denying their own lurid past. Things have begun to change however and now message therapy is looked on as a legitimate and beneficial facet of treatment in holistic therapy.

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