"This guy has quit everything he's ever tried - I don't see him lasting long in this job."

March 26, 2010 3:58 PM

Follow up to this post: America's first legal male prostitute has left a rural Nevada brothel after a two-month stint that generated plenty of attention but fewer than 10 paying customers.
posted by anazgnos to MetaFilter-Related at 3:58 PM (33 comments total)

Thank you! I was wondering what would happen to this guy and given his original interview I am not surprised.

The world is a better place without "Markus Destin" (horrible prostitute name, really).
posted by deacon_blues at 4:02 PM on March 26, 2010

Now, deacon, why would you say that? What was he doing that harmed anybody?
posted by Rory Marinich at 4:08 PM on March 26, 2010 [3 favorites]

I don't see him lasting long in this job.

No wonder it didn't work out.
posted by sallybrown at 4:10 PM on March 26, 2010 [26 favorites]

Now, deacon, why would you say that? What was he doing that harmed anybody?

More like what wasn't he doing!
posted by vorfeed at 4:28 PM on March 26, 2010

fewer than 10 paying customers. So that could be ZERO?!

I can only see something like this happening with the likes of Fabio or a younger Alec Baldwin. And even then, only for the name recognition.

The poor guy looks like an inept mouthbreather. If I was a girl I wouldn't want him anywhere near me or my vagina. Ever.
posted by snsranch at 4:59 PM on March 26, 2010

I'm sorry, but this guy acted like he was God's gift to women. Probably not a bad thing to have in his line of work but I don't feel a whole lot of sympathy for this man.
posted by deacon_blues at 5:04 PM on March 26, 2010

You'd really think the novelty at the very least would be enough to attract customers. Then again, it's not like the legal female prostitution industry is exactly booming. I have to think that breaking the law is a definite part of the attraction.
posted by l33tpolicywonk at 5:21 PM on March 26, 2010

*gasp*
posted by jonmc at 6:27 PM on March 26, 2010

There was a pretty neat documentary I caught part of a few years ago about a British man who was, er, not sure of the proper term. He never "escorted" anyone anywhere. Anyway, it was a really interesting look at his life, clientele, perspective (and wife's perspective!). Worth tracking down.

That was a job. This seemed more like a gimmick.
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 6:33 PM on March 26, 2010

If I was a girl I wouldn't want him anywhere near me or my vagina. Ever.

Yeah... I don't know what the target demographic was there.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 6:36 PM on March 26, 2010

I can only see something like this happening with the likes of Fabio or a younger Alec Baldwin. And even then, only for the name recognition.

The stunt version, maybe. The Brit I mentioned was this pretty normal looking guy. He had all kinds of business (well, exclusively women clientele), but wasn't setting himself up in some Best Little Whorehouse in Texas fantasy. Just a working stiff. (heh)
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 7:13 PM on March 26, 2010

Who would have thought. Paying for something you can find literally anywhere, for free, didn't pan out as a business decision. Wonders may never cease.
posted by sanka at 7:39 PM on March 26, 2010

Who would have thought. Paying for something you can find literally anywhere, for free, didn't pan out as a business decision. Wonders may never cease.

Are you talking about male prostitution or the record industry?
posted by MegoSteve at 7:56 PM on March 26, 2010 [7 favorites]

Maybe *now* dudes will finally see that "Midnight Cowboy" is actually a documentary.
posted by NoMich at 8:48 PM on March 26, 2010

fewer than 10 paying customers... all of them journalists, all of them with the will-they-have sex angle in their story, none of them actually doing it.
posted by Artw at 10:34 PM on March 26, 2010 [5 favorites]

Well, that'll learn ya to solicit women only.

[NOT HETEROSEXUALIST]
posted by Sys Rq at 11:50 PM on March 26, 2010

I got a good comedy bit out of it, anwyay.
posted by msalt at 1:00 AM on March 27, 2010

BTW, just as a rule of thumb - if you are reading an article on sex work of some kind and it implies that the author may have sex at some point of the article as part of their investigations - they won't.
posted by Artw at 1:18 AM on March 27, 2010

Paying for something you can find literally anywhere, for free, didn't pan out as a business decision.

You aren't paying for the sex, you're paying for the right to have someone leave when you've finished.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 2:52 AM on March 27, 2010 [1 favorite]

You'd think they'd pay him more then.
posted by Artw at 7:41 AM on March 27, 2010 [5 favorites]

You aren't paying for the sex, you're paying for the right to have someone leave when you've finished.

I dunno, just telling them, "Thanks, now put on your pants and get out" should usually work pretty well without any cash changing hands.
posted by FelliniBlank at 9:14 AM on March 27, 2010

why go out for hamburger when you are constantly being harassed by hot dog vendors?
posted by victors at 11:51 AM on March 27, 2010 [6 favorites]

That career seems to be working out for this guy.
posted by TedW at 1:32 PM on March 27, 2010

So who were the other 8 people that slept with him?
posted by cjorgensen at 1:43 PM on March 27, 2010

This is my shocked face.
posted by rollbiz at 2:31 PM on March 27, 2010

FelliniBlank: "I dunno, just telling them, "Thanks, now put on your pants and get out" should usually work pretty well without any cash changing hands"

The difference is that with a prostitute you have to pay extra if you want them to cry, shout, call you names, and randomly break valuable objects.
posted by idiopath at 3:28 PM on March 27, 2010 [1 favorite]

Am I right in thinking that the article originally had a close-up of this guy, replete with a set of gnashers that kind of looked like shark's teeth? It's not in the article anymore, I wonder if they pulled it.
posted by stinkycheese at 3:36 PM on March 27, 2010

stinkycheese, the picture you're referring to is still in this article, at least on my side.
posted by deacon_blues at 3:40 PM on March 27, 2010

Oh right, you just have to hit 'more pictures' link. It is there.
posted by stinkycheese at 3:41 PM on March 27, 2010

After hiring Markus, the Davises cut him off from speaking with reporters after his first two interviews, in which he compared himself with Rosa Parks and Mahatma Gandhi.

He does seem to have a sense of humor...
posted by sour cream at 9:00 AM on March 28, 2010

If I was a girl I wouldn't want him anywhere near me or my vagina. Ever.

I honestly re-read this 5-6 times. Slower each time. It's like my brain sprained itself.
posted by naju at 11:59 AM on March 29, 2010 [1 favorite]

What, you mean they're not detachable???
posted by Sys Rq at 1:03 PM on March 29, 2010

He remained listed under the name "Markus Destin" by adult talent agency OC Modeling.

OC Modeling, you say?
posted by Halloween Jack at 12:52 PM on March 30, 2010