August 15, 2009
Touch does have healing properties, and it doesn’t need to be sexual in order to have a positive effect, but our cultural obsession with sex and the constraints of masculinity mean that sensual interaction is the most approved type of touch for men to seek out. Although some scoff at the idea that prostitutes can create an environment intimate enough to address loneliness and alienation, or claim that such an experience could never be satisfying because of the knowledge that money was involved, receiving the touch of another human being—especially if you haven’t felt touch in years—is powerful regardless of the circumstance.
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