Boy George famously once remarked that he'd rather have a cup of tea than have sex - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_George - and there are days when a good massage has more appeal to me than yet another arsehole I've seen before spread-eagled on my face. So it comes as no surprise to me to read that scientists (you know, the real thing, not our own dear Tourette and her amoeba dissection) have found that there are pleasure zones on the skin. I particularly liked this piece of typical British understatement - "We've tested everything from forehead, forearm, upper leg and the face and we find heterogeneity in response to touch. They haven't been found in the genitalia, but I think another system is responsible for tactile reward in that area," Professor McGlone said.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 25581.html