Why Are So Many Women Booking Body Rubs?

More and more women across the globe are starting to book body rubs. The reason might surprise you.

No doubt about it, the Westernized world has become quite a bit more comfortable with some historically taboo subjects. From the generation that made us all face uncomfortable subjects like gender fluidity and ATM, they are now bringing equality to the next level.

While body rubs are also called “sensual massage” or “erotic massage”, they often have little to do with sex. Disappointing, we know- but stay with us. Eroticism, according to dictionary.com, is traditionally defined as “the use of sexually arousing or suggestive symbolism, settings, allusions, situations, etc., in art, literature, drama, or the like”. So it’s definitely not the art of pile driving thirst traps in seedy scenarios.

While the real form of eroticism may have been lost on the majority of us in the last few decades, it’s making a comeback in a big way in 2020. Dubbed the “Year of Self-Care”, the new decade has many of us considering ourselves in a novel and more healthy ways, according to pro body rub professional at Elite Indulgence.

Gender Equality in Boardrooms and Body Rubs

Gender inequality is something that has been making headlines, but not much progress, for decades. In a momentous move in 2018, Iceland became the first country to produce legislation that would penalize businesses should they be found to be paying women less than their male counterparts.

While this is definitely a step in the right direction, sobering news from the Global Gender Gap Report suggests that the world won’t actually see gender parity in our lifetime. Which is definitely a bit of a letdown. However, women are continuing to fight for their rights and acknowledgement on a number of interesting fronts- like in boardrooms, sports arenas, and even massage parlours?

Indeed, women all over the world are starting to put some stakes in a notoriously “male-only” boys club that we’ve known about for centuries. Body rubs. Perhaps what makes this most exciting is when you get down to the brass tacks of what a body rub really is, as opposed to what most of us believe them to be.

Body rubs are generally performed by a masseuse or even an escort, where they coat their own body in aromatic oil and use themselves for the application. Creating as much surface contact as possible. This type of massage takes some heavy influence from ancient Japanese and Indian culture, creating a contact that does far more than just relaxing muscles.

Body rubs can work elegantly for women, because of the way our brains are wired. Women have a tendency to mentally multi-task far more than males. Which means that they’re probably thinking about a million things at once while performing everyday tasks. So staying “present” is often more difficult for women. Body rubs serve to stimulate many areas of the body at one time, making it more difficult for the female mind to wander during this type of massage.

Not only are these silky shakedowns great for the mind, but they’re also supposedly in readable for promoting circulation and getting your body to release oxytocin, a neurotransmitter dubbed “the cuddle hormone”. Improving circulation is shown to have many incredible health benefits for just about anybody. Oxytocin plays roles in social bonding, relaxation, and overall psychological stability. Meaning that body rubs maybe even better at lowering stress levels and providing longer-lasting relaxation than traditional massages.

Body Rubs for All

So while it could be easy to see where sensuality and eroticism can play a big part in these types of massage, it’s definitely not the main point. Which is perhaps what’s gotten more women interested in the practice.

You don’t have to be one of the millions of homosexual women in the world to find this type of massage appealing, but it doesn’t really matter if you are. The “erotic” part of the massage has zero things to do with penetration and everything to do with just another type of mental arousal. Feeling empowered, body-positive, and sexy in your own skin is a huge part of positive mental health. Experiencing arousal and allowing yourself to become a responsibly sexually charged adult is something that has fallen to women’s wayside.

So just like we have come to embrace our vibrators and our pretty porn, in 2020 we should also happily embrace our own brand of sexuality, alongside feeling comfortable with our bodies and how they work. Inside and out.