Male escortTake a look around any search engine and you'll find thousands of sites and contacts for escorts across the UK.

What's surprising is that the number of male escorts now available and making a very healthy profit far outweighs the number of girls on offer to men – and this is a business run on supply and demand.

Increasingly women are burning the candle at both ends. Work, children, friends and the occasional 40 winks mean that there is very little time for the pleasures of long walks in the park with a new lover or casual arrangements to meet with the Sunday papers over a latte in a sofa laden coffee shop. And that's where the escorts come in.

What differs in the statistics for the rising number of women hiring escorts to the men who use the female services is that most male escorts are hired from agencies that have a strict 'no-sex' policy.

This means women are shelling out hundreds of pounds on a handsome man to accompany them for a few hours to an event or even just for evening company. But of course, as women and busy ones at that, sex is not the be all and end all – personally speaking I would rather hire a gorgeous man to mow my lawn and take me to dinner than have meaningless sex with a gigolo in my precious 2 hours of free time a week!

So, go for it girls, now that we're able to enjoy ourselves without the unfair taboo be safe and spend your money wisely but remember to revel the empowerment and most of all, have fun.