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Carlos’s Massage School Idea Is Not Desperate

Published: October 29, 2008
by Rosanne Ullman

If you happened to catch “Desperate Housewives” on Sunday, you heard Carlos mention possibly going to massage therapy school to become a massage therapist. Carlos had never had anything close to a cosmetology career but, having recently lost his vision, he concluded that massage was a good professional choice because the work is through the hands, not the

eyes. A blind man could perform just as effective a massage as a sighted person.

While his statement was played a bit for laughs, Carlos was actually spot-on. Massage therapists rely pretty exclusively on their hands. It’s their highly trained sense of touch that gives them the information they need about the client’s tightness and problem areas. Some professional massage therapists tell me that they close their eyes as they perform the massage.

Yet Carlos sorely missed the mark in another important way. He referred to becoming a “masseur.” Similarly, in TV’s “Friends” reruns, you’ll hear Phoebe refer to herself as a “masseuse.” Although these terms are still used in Europe, in the United States they’ve been outdated for at least 15 years. A “massage therapist” indicates that the person is a professional who has graduated from massage therapy school, whereas “masseur” and “masseuse” have taken on a connotation associated with escort services, if you get my drift. These terms are aptly addressed in an article at suite101.com. If Carlos ever does go for massage, he’ll love the profession, and I guarantee he’ll learn the proper term for what he does!