According to Kosmo!, young men in Malaysia are turning to providing escort services to lonely rich women and earning up to RM15,000 (about SGD$4.5k) per month.
Some of the part timers are raking in about RM8,000 (or SGD$2.4k) per month, while full timers make about RM15,000 monthly.
The clientele includes lonely rich women who are being neglected by their husbands and are desperate for company and attention, willing to fork out money for the escorts to share an evening drink with them and make them feel desired.
The women who patronise these young men consist of businesswomen, rich widows and Datins (the wife of a Datuk) aged between 40 and 50.
The fees for a night with these male escorts depend on what activities they do, which include meeting them in hotels, events, and drinking with them.
One of the male escorts, 26-year-old Alex, told Kosmo that his fees are about RM100 per hour (or SGD$29), and that he has been working in this line for the last 5 years.
He shared that he sources for his clients online, and if he’s lucky, the women would take him overseas with them so that they can do more “intimate” activities together.
Alex added that he is in this line of work purely for the money and that he first learned about it from his college friends and online, and made enough money from it to buy his own home and car, according to China Press.
But being a male escort isn’t easy, as they have to be handsome, tall, stylish, confident, positive personal image, good communicators, able to keep secrets.
Most of the male escorts are college students, fitness instructors, models, and flight attendants.
However, despite the earning potential of this industry, it does have its professional caveats – some of the escorts have faced women who refuse to pay the full price for their services.