While wandering around the Internet yesterday, I came upon an article about a Nevada brothel that’s looking for male sex trade workers to service its female clientele.
This is a new service they’re offering. The local licensing body recently changed the law that required prostitutes to submit to weekly cervical screening. Since men didn’t have cervixes, they couldn’t legally work as prostitutes. The law now also allows for urethral testing, and the Shady Lady aims to be the first Nevada brothel with legal male prostitutes.
The nay-sayers are saying the business plan isn’t viable, because no woman wants to get laid bad enough that she’d be willing to drive two and a half hours into the middle of nowhere and pay hundreds of dollars for it. Especially when she could just leave a note on Craigslist and instantly get a dozen offers of free sex. But others think women will be willing to go the extra mile for the professional touch.
The couple who runs the brothel have received over 100 applicants so far (“including two foreigners”), ten of whom have been deemed “promising.” (A lot of the applicants apparently hail from Detroit, where unemployment is high.)
The female owner, Bobbi Davis, is conducting the interviews and will personally select the successful candidate(s).
According to the brothel’s website, she’s looking for men who are:
Between 21 and 40.
Have a Good Work Ethic.
Must be Service Oriented.
Have a Willingness to Please.
Have a Positive Attitude.
If you think you have what it takes, please send pictures
(head shot and body shot, no nudes)
and a short Bio to
ShadyLadyRanch@starband.net.
The Madam will contact those whom she feels will do the best.
Interestingly, the qualifications are identical to the qualifications the Shady Lady looks for in its female sex trade workers. I like that.
But it raises an interesting question about the differences between being a male sex trade worker and a female sex trade worker. Lots of men are joking around saying this sounds like their dream job. They’d get all the sex they want, and they’d get paid for it too.
But they seem to forget that in addition to all the sex they want, they’d also be required to have sex they didn’t want.
The brothel owners point out that the man must be able to “entertain whatever lady walks in and give her a fine experience.”
No matter what.
Female sex trade workers service unappealing clients all the time. If they’re grossed out or turned off, nobody needs to know; they can still do their job.
So I guess what I’m wondering is, if a male sex trade worker was completely grossed out by a client, would he be able to just close his eyes, use his imagination, and get the job done anyway?
I’m guessing viagra would be a tax-deductible work expense?
I was thinking exactly the same thing as Toni!
I’m sure Viagra would help, but my understanding is that Viagra still requires desire in order to work.
Do these male sex trade workers have to service only females? Because I believe normally most male sex trade workers get the bulk of their trade from men. This might be a good question for prospective applicants to ask at the interview.
The thing with Viagra is once it’s up, it’s up, so they arrive for work ready and willing and it really doesn’t matter who else showed up.
I, too, read that article. According to the proprietress, most of the clientele for the men have been other men. That would be a red flag for me as a female client. I’d want a man who was strictly het, if I were to engage him for sexual services.
A great many years ago I read about areas of Mexico where the local women were desperate for “male companionship” because so many of the men were gone into the US to try and earn money. I showed my wife the story which said men could earn $10 a time form the women and opined that this might be the career for me.
She responded that she didn’t think I could get by an $20 an month even in Mexico. Not sure if the situation would be much better for the guys in Nevada but I suspect not.
Oh great now the “just a gigolo’ song is infesting my head.
This should make it more interesting as I sort out the reports I am reading on City and Provincial matters.
Hi Zoom,
Excuse the o/t. Some time ago you had a post about crows. I just came across this and thought that (if you watch TV) this may be of interest to you.
A Murder of Crows, Thursday January 14, 2010 at 8 pm on CBC-TV
A Murder of Crows is a visually stunning one-hour documentary that offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the inner life of one of the most intelligent, playful and mischievous species on the planet – the common crow
I’m curious how the prices and list of options will resemble the female, ah, menu. And what about guys who want the services of guys? I think that women can request the company of women currently, no? Guy-guy may be more profitable — perhaps more appeal in guaranteeing a safe option within a nonjudgmental environment?
XUP, they specifically said the male prostitutes were to service women, but I don’t know if they’re exclusively for women.
Mudmama, are you sure about that?
Susan, they haven’t started yet, so so far there haven’t been any male or female clients for the male prostitutes. I’m assuming the reason you’d want an exclusively heterosexual prostitute would be to reduce the odds of getting HIV? But by virtue of him being a sex trade worker, I would think his odds are already pretty high.
Bandobras – ha ha ha ha ha!
Reb, variety is the spice of life.
Sassy – thank you for that. However, I’m pretty sure I saw it last year. It was interesting – all kinds of stuff about crows being able to recognize individual humans. And they tagged baby crows and followed them throughout adolescence. I love crows.
Holly they say they haven’t determined the pricing yet but they suspect female clients will need more time than male clients, and will therefore cost more. (It’s not cheap either…they bill themselves as being the “working man’s brothel” but I think it was something like $500 for two hours.)