broader sex market. Gay publications increased and sex workers were able to print send advertisements in the mail. Telephone chat lines became another safe, line of business for sex workers. The clients were able to control their fantasy and have security in the fact that they were communicating anonymously. The emergence of hustler bars provided sex workers with a reliable and consistent supply of clients and created a more social atmosphere for them. The bars took some of the streetwalkers off the streets, providing them some protection. In exchange for being allowed to work in the hustler bars, sex workers would have to sacrifice a fraction of their incomes. The gay liberation era normalized gay men buying sex from other gay men. Before then, men hid their sexual identities because they feared ostracism or harsher punishment from authority figures. Some clients also had a preference for heterosexual MSWs. They want to be dominated, which used to be equated with straight men. New sexual practices also came about such as homosexual threesomes, anal penetration, and roleplay. As gay prostitution became more popular, fewer people felt like they needed to hide their sexuality (even though policing and discrimination kept some people closeted) and "embraces sexual pleasure". Clients of male sex workers Sex work clients are people who pay for sexual services. Before the mid-20th century, clients were invisible and shielded from public discourse. Sex workers face the double standard of people being critical of them for supplying sex, but not the clients for demanding/buying sex. Characteristics of clients Common reasons for resorting to buy sex include: fear of not being able to find other partners without paying them, attraction to adolescents, or having unsatisfying sex lives. Overall, the rent boy would fill the sexual or emotional void that the client could be experiencing. Donald West explains three different scenarios in which clients may pay for a prostitute: They are married men with unsatisfied or non-existent sex lives. They may be homosexual or purely unhappy in their current situation so they resort to commercial sex. They are men who have healthy (heterosexual) marriages and homosexual experiences on the side, appearing to be bisexual. They are non-married men who are closeted and scared of being found out, or men that are openly gay and looking for more opportunities for sex. Clients tend to request anal sex, but the most common services requested are mutual