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LAS VEGAS — The owner of a brothel more than two hours' drive from Las Vegas said she hopes to hire Nevada's first legal male prostitutes within a month, now that state health officials have approved a method to test men for infectious diseases.
The world is ready for women, or even other men, to legally buy sex, said Shady Lady Ranch owner Bobbi Davis. Plus, being the first to offer male service could boost business in tough economic times, she said.
"With so many other male revues going on in Vegas, we thought it was time to give this a try," Davis told The Associated Press.
Until now, men have been effectively barred from legally plying the world's oldest profession in Nevada by the specificity of a state health law requiring prostitutes to undergo frequent cervical testing for sexually transmitted diseases.
The health board approved a regulation to allow urethral testing for men — a crucial rule change by the state agency with ultimate power over whether prostitutes can or can't work.
For more than 25 years, no licensed female prostitute in Nevada has contracted HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, said George Flint, a Reno wedding chapel owner and longtime lobbyist for the Nevada Brothel Owners Association.
"My concern is that we continue to maintain that kind of record," he said.
Davis, Flint and Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo all acknowledged Friday that Davis still needs county approval to become the first of the state's 24 legal brothels to offer a lineup of men.
"We're going to look at it. We have some concerns," said DeMeo, who serves as a voting member of both a county health commission and a board that oversees alcohol, gambling and brothel licenses.
"The ramifications of this are going to be statewide," he said. "We're going to have to deal with it at our other six brothels in Nye County if they want to offer the same service. We want to make sure we protect customers and make sure the industry is regulated with clarity and understanding."
Prostitution has been legal in rural Nevada counties since 1971 under strict state health board oversight but is against the law in the Las Vegas and Reno areas.
Flint said he feared the idea of male prostitutes serving male clients could spur a legislative backlash. He said he works to make the brothel industry socially acceptable to both libertarians and conservatives.
"I think the Legislature is really going to give me some heartburn over this," Flint said in a telephone interview after appearing before the state Health Board in Carson City on Friday to endorse the Shady Lady proposal.
"But I think it's an inevitability," he added, "and the brothel association has reluctantly agreed to support this as a test."
Davis said she wants to add two men to the three women she currently has living and working at her compound of trailers off U.S. 95 about 150 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
She said the women usually charge about $300 per hour for the five to 20 customers who visit on any given night.
"We don't know how to structure the men's pricing yet," Davis said
The world is ready for women, or even other men, to legally buy sex, said Shady Lady Ranch owner Bobbi Davis. Plus, being the first to offer male service could boost business in tough economic times, she said.
"With so many other male revues going on in Vegas, we thought it was time to give this a try," Davis told The Associated Press.
Until now, men have been effectively barred from legally plying the world's oldest profession in Nevada by the specificity of a state health law requiring prostitutes to undergo frequent cervical testing for sexually transmitted diseases.
The health board approved a regulation to allow urethral testing for men — a crucial rule change by the state agency with ultimate power over whether prostitutes can or can't work.
For more than 25 years, no licensed female prostitute in Nevada has contracted HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, said George Flint, a Reno wedding chapel owner and longtime lobbyist for the Nevada Brothel Owners Association.
"My concern is that we continue to maintain that kind of record," he said.
Davis, Flint and Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo all acknowledged Friday that Davis still needs county approval to become the first of the state's 24 legal brothels to offer a lineup of men.
"We're going to look at it. We have some concerns," said DeMeo, who serves as a voting member of both a county health commission and a board that oversees alcohol, gambling and brothel licenses.
"The ramifications of this are going to be statewide," he said. "We're going to have to deal with it at our other six brothels in Nye County if they want to offer the same service. We want to make sure we protect customers and make sure the industry is regulated with clarity and understanding."
Prostitution has been legal in rural Nevada counties since 1971 under strict state health board oversight but is against the law in the Las Vegas and Reno areas.
Flint said he feared the idea of male prostitutes serving male clients could spur a legislative backlash. He said he works to make the brothel industry socially acceptable to both libertarians and conservatives.
"I think the Legislature is really going to give me some heartburn over this," Flint said in a telephone interview after appearing before the state Health Board in Carson City on Friday to endorse the Shady Lady proposal.
"But I think it's an inevitability," he added, "and the brothel association has reluctantly agreed to support this as a test."
Davis said she wants to add two men to the three women she currently has living and working at her compound of trailers off U.S. 95 about 150 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
She said the women usually charge about $300 per hour for the five to 20 customers who visit on any given night.
"We don't know how to structure the men's pricing yet," Davis said
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Some of SC fans are delusional to think we look like Rhett Butler. Women tolerate us, but the male tool requires some stimulation to rise to the occasion. Some women are flat out repulsive, and those are the ones who will be seeking out a male escort.
Having said that, I do see a problem with the male whore thing. The guy may be out of commission for some length of time during the refractory period. This, of course, could really cut into his earnings potential. The little blue pill might help, but otherwise it's pretty hard to fake an erection and definitely hard to fake filling the reservoir tip after a couple of rounds in the sack. Female whores can fake all day long. Uhmm, kind of like girl strippers...
As for the women, I would think a woman looking to pay for sex is looking for a "complete" escort experience, dinner, dancing, cuddling, whispering, giggling, soft kissing and then back to the room for the deed. It's my wild ass speculation that women as a whole would be more interested in the "boyfriend experience" than wham-bam-thank-you-Sam.
SD, yeah that would be ugly. Now you know what the typical dancer goes through.
Wednesday, January 06, 2
BEATTY, Nev. — A brothel about 150 miles northwest of Las Vegas has gotten final approval for plans to hire Nevada's first legal male prostitutes.
The Nye County Licensing and Liquor Board on Tuesday approved a compliance agreement that will allow the Shady Lady Ranch brothel to make the hires as long as the men wear condoms and undergo weekly health tests.
Two licensing board members voted against the compliance agreement, expressing worries that not all health concerns have been addressed.
Board member and Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo says he's worried that female customers can't and won't be subjected to the same types of pre-sex examinations undergone by men in most of Nevada's legal brothels.
When you leave, may I have melon girl?
Would women use this service? Why? A woman can have meaningless sex any time she wants, regardless of her looks. I know a guy who will fuck women who weigh 300 pounds and have no teeth. And he's not a bad looking guy.
I can imagine a male escort service doing well. Young, educated, handsome, suave guy taking out hot cougars. Give them the whole experience. Then give them full service. But are women going to get that @ a brothel? Nah.
Posted by duy on January 10, 2010 4:58 AM | Permalink
The Davises seek heterosexual men aiming to please women and said that if the clientele seeking male prostitutes turns out to be predominantly other men, they will stop offering the service. ''But because of the law, if a male wants a male line-up, we will have to provide one,'' he said. "That being said, same as with any of our girls, any sex worker can refuse to do anything they do not wish to do with another customer.''
http://www.metroweekly.com/news/last_wor…
Ladies--say hello to Markus, America's first legal male prostitute. Markus is the newest hire at the Shady Lady Ranch brothel in Tonopah Nevada, a business that recently got the go-ahead to hire a few good men. However, as Markus told Details magazine, he'd really prefer it if you'd call him a gigolo:
I think for a male, if you want to be successful in this type of venture, you're not a prostitute. You're a surrogate lover.
He likened his decision to rise up and become a gigolo to the civil rights struggles of the '60s.
It's just the same as when Rosa Parks decided to sit at the front instead of the back. She was proclaiming her rights as a disadvantaged, African-American older woman. And I'm doing the same. I'm actually standing up now, and hopefully I can be supported by the male community and be understood as a person. This actually isn't about selling my body. This is about changing social norms.
Markus has dabbled in the adult industry, filming several scenes, which he called "cold and calculated." He told Details that as a gigolo, he has the heart of a saint, would never call a woman a bitch and that he can cook a three-course meal. For the whole story, visit Details.com.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/14…