GIGOLO HUNT

A gigolo, hustler or male prostitute is a male who engages in the sale of their sexual services by prostitution. The gender of the customer and the sexual act(s) that they engage in may not correspond to a prostitute's sexual orientation; they may be of any orientation.[1][2] Compared to female sex workers, male sex workers have been far less studied by researchers, and while studies suggest that there are differences between the ways these two groups look at their work, more research is neededMale prostitution has been found in all advanced cultures.[1] The practice in the ancient world of the selling of sexual favors by men or women in sacred shrines, or "sacred prostitution", is attested to in the Old Testament. Prostitutes in ancient Greece were generally slaves, as prostitutes could lose their civic rights.[1] Ancient Greece and ancient Rome both saw the existence of male brothels.[1] Work as a same-sex male prostitute in the Medieval Islamic world was similarly restricted to social "inferiors" such as boys and slaves, and while frequenting prostitutes was considered a sin, the practice was nevertheless tolerated.[4]
Historical evidence from court records and vice investigations shows male prostitution in what is now the United States as early as the late 1600s. With the expansion of urban areas and aggregation of gay communities toward the end of the nineteenth century male/male prostitution became more apparent, and included baths, brothels such as the Paresis Hall in the Bowery district of New York, and prostitution bars in which so-called "fairies" solicited other men for sex and received a commission for selling drinks