Female of the Species the hand. The song's distinctive style and lyrics led to it being used in TV and films, including the theme song to the UK drama "Cold Feet", the 1997 film "The Matchmaker" starring Janeane Garofalo, during the end credits of the popular movie "" (in the so-called 'Fembot Mix', available on the Original Soundtrack), and in the "Daria" episode "College Bored". It gained further popularity in the UK when used in a 1998 advert (with a cameo appearance by Quentin Crisp) for the bodyspray ""Impulse"". The song's name is a reference to the 1911 Rudyard Kipling poem "The Female of
Male prostitution in the arts William S. Burroughs and John Rechy (among others). While less frequent in cinema and novels, the male prostitute with exclusively female clients (the "gigolo" or "escort") is generally depicted in a less tragic manner than the gay hustler (the gigolo is portrayed as older, athletic, well-dressed, etc.), and films like "American Gigolo" have done much to paint the character as a sophisticated seducer. This portrayal has also led to cinematic satire (the "Deuce Bigalow" films). The portrayal of the client or "john" of male prostitution in popular culture is far less codified than that of the hustler and runs the