She has a steady supply of potential clients, even if she is not getting a lot of money per client. Compare the size of the strip on Polk to the areas of the Tenderloin, the Mission and Hayes Valley and you will see that there is no reason for any comparison between gender in prostitution arrests. That is not to say that sexism plays no role. In a society where a man can walk about without a shirt, a women who appears sexually knowledgeable is a beacon. Sadly, to many she is a threat to civilization and must be controlled.
Mass media echoes the same reluctance to explore the male sex worker.
I commend whoever put forth the effort to get Joseph Kramer to testify before the task force, otherwise finding evidence of male sex work would have been limited to my testimony at the 'Let's Get to Know Each Other' special meeting on November 29th that most task force members missed. To harp just a little more, I was disappointed but not surprised by the lack of interest shown toward me by the mainstream media. Here I was, an active working prostitute who was not in jail or hooked on crack, someone who went about his business without causing crime rates to rise in his neighborhood, someone in good health with an optimistic outlook on life, someone who contributed to his community. Not one interview, not one question. No one wanted to hear what I had to say about anything.