First Person. Sam Hunter decided to become an escort in his forties. Credit: Samantha Heather Photography. Share this with family and friends. While I was working in an adult shop in , I read an article about a woman who was fighting the NDIS about using her funding to access sexual services. I started to think about how inaccessible adult shops are as they are typically upstairs, but also how society in general looks at people with disability.
Especially when it comes to expressing their sexual desires and sexuality. As someone who had a major motorcycle accident where I nearly lost my leg and my life, I started wondering if there was something I could do to help provide sexual services to women with disability. When I first thought about becoming an escort, my self-esteem was low. Although I had decided I could go into the line of work, I didn't think anyone would be interested in hiring a guy in his 40s with a dad bod.
Especially after looking at some of the advertising sites. All the other male escorts were 10 years younger and had eight packs! Sam was concerned nobody would want to hire him because he didn't look like a 'typical' escort. I pulled funds out of my super, left my retail job and trained to be a disability support worker.
I also put together a website to kickstart my career as a straight male escort. Starting out was an incredibly isolating experience. Most escorts work alone, because we are busy promoting our business and managing all the admin associated with being self-employed. My first client was a last-minute, three-hour booking that was extended to an overnight.
That following afternoon I met with a woman who had booked me a few days before, and took on another late-night booking. When I got home in the wee hours of the morning, I finally had a chance to reflect on the previous 24 hours. My first jobs were nothing like I had expected. It was a wild time with a lot more reciprocation that I could have imagined. The money in my hand was more than I would have made in a month at the adult shop, even with commission bonuses.
