The information I read in more that one article is that the problem is increasing at alarming rates.
I agree it seems to be increasing. It may only be, like many of these things, it's only being reported more, or it may actually be increasing. I wouldn't be surprised if it were increasing given that standards in general seem to be slipping. That it's increasing, though, doesn't tell us anything about frequency.
The report said that only 4-8 percent are ever reported.
You always have to be careful about what people say isn't reported. If it's not reported, how do you know? We have a debate every census on whether or not to rejigger the numbers to count those we couldn't count. How do we know we didn't count them? We have people saying that ten percent of the population is homosexual even though only a much smaller number are apparent. Do we accept the reported numbers or do we adjust them? Sometimes that is a matter of one's agenda. There were a number of things in the report you cited that looked like an agenda. So who knows?
An "aha" is a "gotcha."
Clearly you are still comfortable with the status quo.
Yes, I'm reasonably comfortable with it. We should have more regulation, perhaps. I see that not all states have regulation. I don't usally like regulation, but perhaps it would help this situation. I think more certification would be appropriate with the associations monitoring compliance and taking complaints. Anyone who goes to an uncertified massage therapist is taking a chance. With all those statistics, we don't know how many of the incidents were certified therapists and how many weren't. And then, of course, there's the whole deterioration of ethics in society in general. But, still, I'm comfortable with the status quo. No body is going to mess with someone who isn't willing to be messed with. And a client has to take responsibility for going to a reputable therapist and for speaking up if things go awry. And a therapist has to keep control of the situation. If everyone does his job, seems to me it works well enough. It's not like massages are a medical necessity, after all, or like there's a constitutional right to a massage.
So, our boy has a name now, Joe? At least we don't have to worry about calling him a masseuse if we use his name. |
