The only legal male prostitute in Nevada quit because of lack of demand.

[redqueen]

68. Of course.

And having no-strings sex with someone you don't know, you just think they're attractive and want a ONS, that is also not using the person as a thing, IMO. (Other people, including feminists, would disagree with me, just stating my opinion.)

The situation (for me) changes when you exchange money in order to gain access to their body. Once you do that, you have crossed the line from treating them like a person to a thing. You're pretty much renting their body. Some people conflate this with any other kind of hired work. But this isn't providing a service (cleaning, cooking, etc), this is allowing someone to actually physically use your body as if it were a tool. Like you'd rent any other object.