“I’m active, healthy and happy with an education. “I am mentally and physically tuned to take on anything that’s thrown at me. “I’m the whole package, tailored for your personal requirements and satisfaction.
“I frequently get asked to be in pornography and nude movie scenes, so I must be doing something right, or maybe I just look slutty haha. “Bad boy good looks, wildly passionate with a strong masculine body and I’m also extremely well endowed,” his ad reads.
One male sex worker, who goes by the name Jack, has advertised his services across many sex work sites. “I put ads on sites … and started getting contacted by clients pretty quickly.”Ĭhristopher is one of hundreds of men in Australia who offer sex in exchange for money online.
“I was essentially just doing the same thing I would have been doing anyway except people were leaving me money on the table so it kind of felt stupid not to do it, plus it was flattering.
“I’d always had guys propositioning me online and at gay clubs and stuff like that so it didn’t really feel it was a big leap to go from hooking up with them for free to putting a price on it … especially because it meant actually digging myself out of a financial hole,” he said. He decided sex work was the solution to his financial struggles.Ī young male sex worker waits on the street in Melbourne’s St Kilda. “If anything this career choice would be considered fairly unexpected by most people for someone like me.”Īccording to Christopher, the catalyst for his career choice came when his relationship with his first long-term boyfriend broke down and he found himself unemployed and living alone in Sydney, aged 19. “I don’t think there’s any connection between that sort of attention and where I am now. “I remember going to the shops with my mum when I was a little kid and strangers would just come up to me and start commenting on my eyes and my blond hair because it was really curly and I always felt special because of that,” he said. He said he makes a minimum of $1000 per week, charging clients $280 per hour.Ĭhristopher said he was raised by a loving family and always had healthy self-esteem. “Women sex workers have always been visible when it comes to prostitution but men not so much … now we’re out and proud all over the internet and just as accessible and visible.” “I’ve never been attacked or robbed or anything like that. “I think it’s even easier for male sex workers than women because there’s less stigma and its more of an even playing field in terms of strength so you’re less likely to be taken advantage of,” he said. He said there was less demand for male sex workers than women but that the industry was easier on men. “The women are usually in bad relationships and just want to remember what its like to feel desired again.”Ĭhristopher said prostitution wasn’t a career he dreamt of pursuing as a child but that it was a decision he wasn’t ashamed of making.Ī “rent boy” chats to a prospective customer in a car. “Most of my clients are men but I also book couples and women. “I’ve had a few strange requests since but nothing I couldn’t handle.
“It was in a nice hotel room with a guy who didn’t want anything too full on, so if anything it just confirmed that it was something I could keep doing,” Christopher told. He said his first job as a “rent boy” - a term used to describe male sex workers who advertise their services on gay escort sites - was “a bit daunting but fairly straightforward”. WHEN *Christopher was growing up in a small NSW country town, strangers would stop his mother in the street and comment on his big blue eyes and curly blond hair.įast forward 15 years and Christopher was cashing in on those same charming boyish looks, listing them as his best features in online advertisements where he pimped himself out for sex.Ĭhristopher, 26, has been a fulltime sex worker for the past seven years.