Male prostitution

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As male prostitution is called the exercise of sexual acts by a man against remuneration .

A distinction must be made between:

  • homo- / homosexual prostitution , in which the prostitute and the male clientele are homosexual;
  • homo- / heterosexual prostitution, in which the prostitute is heterosexual, but the male clientele is homosexual - alternatively, but very rarely, the prostitute is homosexual and the female clientele is heterosexual; and
  • heterosexual prostitution, in which the prostitute is heterosexual and serves a heterosexual female clientele.

More precise subdivisions and terms

Male prostitutes differ significantly in social status and background. Many describe themselves as heterosexual, even with same-sex prostitution (see also MSM ). The following rough subdivisions are possible:

Call boy

The term callboy (eng. Call , "to call", and boy, "boy") for male prostitutes arose from the increasing social positioning of homosexuals and (far less often) sexually self-confident women and in combination with their commissioning over the phone and - later - Internet. Predominantly mobile, they can be "called" in hotels or private apartments, but they also offer their services in their own rooms or in " Houses of Boys ".

Most call boys offer their services to homosexual men, for example via Internet contact portals such as PlanetRomeo and Gaydar or apps such as Grindr , and very few specialize exclusively in women. This is because there are hardly any women who call a call boy. More women are interested in call girls or seek contact with a female prostitute together with their partner. According to an investigation by the Neue Zürcher Zeitung , the job of a callboy is not a “full-time job”. The few men who place ads for women are looking for extra income, so they are not "professionals" in pampering women.

Hustler

A hustler (derived from the line , the site of initiation of prostitution) outdated, even Puppenjunge called (is in interrogation records of the serial killer Fritz Haarmann and in the novel The Puppet Boy (1926) by John Henry Mackay ), is a juvenile or adult male prostitutes. He accepts the offer to perform erotic and / or sexual acts on himself or on men or to have them performed for a material or immaterial consideration, or offers such services on his own initiative.

Male hustlers differ from call boys in that they have less professional awareness. In addition, prostitutes are usually much younger than call boys, the age range usually ranges from 14 to 25 years. The behavior of the prostitute is often caused by certain disadvantageous living conditions, often associated with financial difficulties (homelessness, poor medical care, indebtedness, drug abuse or other addictions, e.g. gambling addiction) or complementary problems such as migration or coming out (with) conditionally. Of course, their work can also cause additional psychological problems or exacerbate existing problems.

Compared to the places where callboys work, the street and train station line has some advantages for the hustler: He is neither bound by opening times, nor does he have to pay off part of the money he has earned, as is the case in the House of Boys . He also does not need his own apartment or telephone connection, as is the case for independent callboys. In addition, it may be easier for him to turn down clients than callboys. A disadvantage compared to the professional practice of male prostitution is the uninviting milieu in which the prostitute goes about his job or is approached by men. As a rule, much less attention is paid to hygiene and protection, which brings with it the risk of serious illnesses, and the environment is often much more or at least more obviously characterized by violent and drug-related crime. In 2011, the director Rosa von Praunheim documented the current situation of sex workers in Germany in his documentary Die Jungs vom Bahnhof Zoo for the RBB and NDR.

The prostitutes' services are not always paid for in cash, drugs or material and immaterial services of all kinds (e.g. the provision of accommodation for the night) are also offered.

In order to avoid HIV infections, counseling centers try to create the necessary awareness of safe sex in male prostitutes and urgently recommend the use of condoms .

gigolo

In German, a gigolo was mainly used in the 1920s to refer to a skilled dancer and entertainer with good manners for women going out alone (so-called one- dancer ). The term was often meant rather derogatory, but was not necessarily related to prostitution. The gigolo was sung about in the contemporary sentimental hit, Schöner Gigolo, poor Gigolo (see also: Schöner Gigolo, poor Gigolo , D 1978; film with David Bowie ). The Hotel Adlon in Berlin in particular was world-famous for its gigolos in the years between the two world wars.

In English usage, however, gigolo always means a male prostitute. In a figurative sense, gigolo can also mean a show-off or vain womanizer who connects women acquaintances with financial interests. The feminized form gigolette is used derisively for homosexual gigolos.

In Germany the term is hardly used anymore; sporadically young men who offer their services (also) to women, e.g. B. in dance cafés with ladies' choice, still as gigolos.

See also

literature

  • Peter Aggleton: Men Who Sell Sex: International Perspectives on Male Prostitution and AIDS . Temple University Press, Philadelphia, ISBN 1-56639-669-7 .
  • Phil Andros : Understanding the Male Hustler , 1991.
  • Matt Bernstein Sycamore: Tricks and Treats: Sex Workers Write About Their Clients . 1999.
  • Oliver Demont: Buying men - on the go with prostitutes and customers in Zurich , With photographs by Walter Pfeiffer, 2012, hardcover, approx. 200 pages, CHF 69.00, ISBN 978-3-905801-65-1
  • James Elias, Vern Leroy Bullough , Veronica Elias u. Gwen Brewer: Prostitution: On Whores, Hustlers, and Johns . 1998 (introduction by Joycelyn Elders).
  • K. Fink et al. W. Werner: Stricher. A socio-educational manual on male-male prostitution . 2005.
  • K. Felix: Bought meat. The business of lust, closeness, longing and love that can be bought. 1st edition, Himmelstürmer Verlag , Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-934825-05-2 .
  • Mack Friedman: Strapped for Cash: A History of American Hustler Culture . 2003.
  • Joseph Itiel : A Consumer's Guide to Male Hustlers , 1998.
  • Joseph Itiel: Sex Workers as Virtual Boyfriends . 2002.
  • Aaron Lawrence: The Male Escort's Handbook: Your Guide to Getting Rich the Hard Way . 2000.
  • Néstor Osvaldo Perlongher: O negócio do michê, prostituição viril em São Paulo . 1st edition 1987.
  • John Preston : Hustling: A Gentleman's Guide to the Fine Art of Homosexual Prostitution . Masquerade Books, New York 1994, ISBN 978-1-56333-517-4 .
  • Oliver Sechting : On the other side of the line , from: Mein schwules Auge 8 , konkursbuch Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-88769-398-5
  • Ronald Weitzer: Sex for Sale: Prostitution, Pornography, and the Sex Industry . 1999.
  • Cem Yildiz: Fucking Germany - The last taboo or my life as an escort . Westend, Frankfurt 2009, ISBN 978-3-938060-39-1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Martin Auer : Whore Taxi - From the life of the call girls . LIT Verlag, Vienna / Berlin / Münster 2006, ISBN 3-8258-9939-X , p. 278.
  2. ^ Neue Zürcher Zeitung , May 8, 2006.
  3. Karin Fink, Wolfgang B. Werner: Stricher: a socio-educational manual for male-male prostitution . 1st edition, Pabst Science Publishers, Lengerich et al. 2005, ISBN 3-89967-156-2 , p. 26.
  4. In fact, Adrian Fisher's interview was on Sat.1 Breakfast TV: Breakfast TV - Talk: A callboy unpacks! August 31, 2016, accessed April 18, 2020 .