# Are there really male prostitutes for women? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 28, 2002, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-male-prostitutes-for-women/134221 "2002-10-28T07:01:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-male-prostitutes-for-women/134221/21 "2002-11-02T19:36:57Z")
Man that would be dodgy being a male pro. I mean, imagine if a 65 year old 15 stone woman booked you? What would you do? ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-male-prostitutes-for-women/134221/22 "2002-11-02T21:38:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AHunter3 \* > \*\*I dunno, I’d probably be pretty good at it. There’s probably only about 8-12% of all women that I _fail_ to find sexually attractive enough to lust after. (Which, incidentally, is why appearance is pretty irrelevant to who I get involved with. Saying “she has to be sexy and pretty” is only slightly pickier criteria than “she has to be female and in possession of a pulse”). \*\* Yes. The major reason why, here at Indiana University, I’m going nuts. I’m telling you, I’d date 85-90% of the women here based on looks alone (some of them, of course would be disqualified based on personality once I got to know them, and some who aren’t in that 10-15% might become qualified based on their personality once I got to know them). Seriously. Also this is the main reason (I guess) why the women I do get involved with always wonder why I’m with them…they never believe me when I tell them that I find them attractive. I guess society’s told them they weren’t. Sad. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-male-prostitutes-for-women/134221/23 "2002-11-02T21:42:54Z")
Err…some who ARE in that 10-15%… sorry. ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-male-prostitutes-for-women/134221/24 "2002-11-03T00:27:23Z")
Men who want to have sex with you are easy to find. Smart, funny, good-looking, confident, polite, athletic young men are harder to find. Money helps. So if you’re working to become a male prostitute, you probably need to work on your conversational skills, body, and physical appearance, and work on making it all come together in a classy package where it’s easy for lonely, not neccessarily unattractive women, who waven’t gotten “some”, both in the bedroom and on the dancefloor or at dinner, to decide to throw down a couple hundred for an evening with you. Yeah, escort is probably a better term. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-male-prostitutes-for-women/134221/25 "2002-11-03T01:06:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Griffin \* > \*\*Man that would be dodgy being a male pro. I mean, imagine if a 65 year old 15 stone woman booked you? What would you do? \*\* Lie back and think of England, as Queen Victoria advised. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-male-prostitutes-for-women/134221/26 "2002-11-03T02:03:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \* > \*\*I am a cameraman of said movies. But I don’t know much about the sedx industry, it’s something I shy away from. Ironic, I guess, but true nonetheless. > > I stick to what I know. \*\* What’s that? Getting a tight, well-focused money shot? Sorry couldn’t resist! ---
**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-male-prostitutes-for-women/134221/27 "2002-11-03T02:19:14Z")
Male prostitutes advertise widely, largely for gay men but many also include something about women in their ads. Emotionally uncomplicated, safe, done as you request sex that is all about your pleasure is not as easy for a woman to find as you may think. There is here in Melbourne at least one woman for woman prostitute, I hear she brings a massage table and feathers and other toys and provides an amazing experience and is doing very well. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-male-prostitutes-for-women/134221/28 "2002-11-03T07:06:10Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by GuanoLad_ > I am a cameraman of said movies. But I don’t know much about the sex industry, it’s something I shy away from. Ironic, I guess, but true nonetheless. > > I stick to what I know. > > ======= > > \*Originally posted by voltaire \* > \*\* > > What’s that? Getting a tight, well-focused money shot? > > Sorry couldn’t resist! \*\* Actually it’s girls only in the stuff I do. But anyhoo, the point was, I know a little about the porn industry, but beyond that I don’t know much about the sex industry. I was aware of Male Escorts, though, I guess I should’ve made the connection. ---
**Author:** ![Hemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Hemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hemlock)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2002, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-male-prostitutes-for-women/134221/29 "2002-11-03T08:00:13Z")
I knew a guy at university who did this. He was (and this is a straight guy speaking) definitely handsome. 6 ft, slim, dark (actually of middle eastern extraction). Urbane rather than athletic. His modus operandi… - Look good - perfect hair/nails. Dress in blazer, tie, nice slacks, shoes, etc - Go to the bar/lounges in the top 3 or 4 hotels in Wash DC in the evening - Get picked up by matrons, typically in town with husbands on conventions (exact details not known, but he was very charming and would affect a British accent successfully, thanks to my pro-bono tutoring. Guess he made eye contact, offered to light cigarette, or whatever) - Have dinner with them in a fancy place - Sometimes sex, sometimes not Ususally, during the evening, he would be bought a gift, like an expensive watch or something. I guess he sold them (he was doing it for the money) Here in HK, giggolos are called “ducks”. For 99% of guys it’s a fantasy that never comes true, but there does seem to be a small body of middle aged women who take revenge on cheating husbands or (I am guessing here) enjoy the feeling of “control” that comes with this way of doing things. This is supposed to happen in Japan, Taiwan as well. I am also reliably informed that Thai female hookers in Macau occasionally avail themselves of such services - presumably for the above reason. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-male-prostitutes-for-women/134221/31 "2011-02-12T21:10:11Z")
Thank you, Fred Garvin. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-male-prostitutes-for-women/134221/32 "2011-02-12T21:14:34Z")
But are there zombie prostitutes? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-male-prostitutes-for-women/134221/33 "2011-02-12T21:17:05Z")
Is a zigolo a zombie gigolo? eta: dammit, **DC** - that’s what I get for reading the whole thread before posting ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-male-prostitutes-for-women/134221/34 "2011-02-12T21:29:13Z")
[moderating] Lest the flow of conversation be confusing, there was a spam post (which I have deleted) that resurrected this old thread. Since there’s no new data, I’m locking the thread. [/moderating] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-really-male-prostitutes-for-women/134221.md?page=1)