Texas fracker turned escort says repression allowed business to flourish

Mickey says his stint as a handyman transformed into a lucrative sex business due to the region’s ‘self-denial’A western Texas fracker starring in a podcast about how his attempted moonlighting as a handyman turned into lucrative sex work largely solicited by distracted oil industry...

<p>Mickey says his stint as a handyman transformed into a lucrative sex business due to the region’s ‘self-denial’</p><p>A western <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/texas">Texas</a> fracker starring in a podcast about how his attempted moonlighting as a handyman turned into lucrative sex work largely solicited by distracted oil industry professionals’ housewives says he believes his region’s repressive sexual attitudes gave his side gig an opening to flourish.</p><p>“There’s an inherent kind of self-denial,” the subject of <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/johnathan-walton-media/id1816042888">The Handyman of West Texas</a>, identified only as Mickey, said in a recent interview. “We all have these thoughts. But we lie to ourselves and try to conform to … how you’re supposed to be repressing your own pleasure.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/07/handyman-west-texas-escort-podcast">Continue reading...</a>
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