Do women want male brothels?
The New York Times on Sunday reported on ex-Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss’ plan to open a male brothel in Nevada. The Times is playing catch-up on this story, first reported months ago in the Los Angeles Times. Yesterday, 40-year-old Fleiss told the Gray Lady, “The times have changed so much, with women in control … Women make more money. They are more powerful. And it’s a lonely world. People are tired of Internet dating. It’s easier to go to a place where you know you’ll have your dream man.” The Times story argues that women already pay for sex, just “outside of the established sex industry, in the more informal, grayer area of a relationship with somebody they trust: a personal trainer, say, a tennis coach or, yes, a pool boy.” The question it poses — and of course cannot answer in full — is whether they will really “pay for sex as a no-fuss transaction.
