Male escort reveals what it's like to be a sex worker - from the age range of clients to how much it costs
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Life as a male escort is not all about money and sex, according one operator who says his job involves so much more.
The 30-year-old man, who wishes to remain anonymous, advertises as an "ebony male for ladies only" and provides services for clients across London and Essex.
His youngest client was 24 and the oldest was 60.
He charges £100 for the first hour and then adds £30, then £20, then £10 for every hour on top of that.
Two years into the job, and he has never looked back.
“I saw a documentary on Channel 4 about male escorts and I thought, if that guy can do it, I can do it too, and better,” he said. “So I just decided to do it.”
It's not all about sex, as our business insider explains, Essex Live reports.
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He said: “Sometimes they want me to take them out, other times I accompany them to conferences and other times they just want to have sex. Sometimes it’s a mixture.
“The sex and the money attracted me to the job. It’s great. I get to go to nice places and restaurants and get paid. It’s kind of like a social life.”
In the UK, prostitution, or the exchange of sexual services for money, is legal as long as they are over 18.
However, a number of related activities such as soliciting in a public place, kerb crawling, owning or managing a brothel, pimping and pandering, are strictly against the law.
Although exact figures are difficult to obtain, it is thought that as of 2015, there were more than 72,000 sex workers in the UK.
Of this, a staggering 88 per cent were women, with only 6 per cent men and an even smaller 4 per cent transgender.
Explaining that his ‘real job’ is labouring, our source reveals that there is good money to be made in this line of work.
“Clients see my ad and they call me,” he explained. “I have about four or five clients a week.
“There’s a range of women too. The youngest client was 24 and the oldest was 60.
“It costs £100 for the first hour and then it goes to £30, then £20 and £10 for every hour that goes by.”
Many already have strong perceptions of sex work: seedy, illegal and that prostitutes are often forced into it.
However, research published by the Economic and Research Council found that the majority of sex workers are not trafficked or on drugs. Many choose to enter the industry and enjoy their job.
Many in the industry feel that criminalisation of the work increases violence.
A 2014 survey found that where arrests of sex workers and clients were high, only five per cent of sex workers who were victims of a crime reported it.
This compared to 46 per cent of victims in areas where police adopted a harm reduction approach.
With the stigma surrounding sex workers still very much regimented in society, this ‘ebony male’ chooses to ignore it.
He said: “I don’t concern myself with the negativity. If other young men are thinking of doing it then I say go for it.
“My friends and family don’t know about this and they never will.”
However, he says that this line of work is definitely in his future: “As long as my services are required, I’ll keep doing this.”