Oops. Dancers.
What do you all think of this article?
http://www.montereyherald.com/living/ci_12670233
Discuss. :D
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Oops. Dancers.
What do you all think of this article?
http://www.montereyherald.com/living/ci_12670233
Discuss. :D
I don't think anyone should be doing something they are uncomfortable with simply to make ends meet. There are so many opportunities for individuals that have lost their jobs such as welfare and unemployment that it shouldn't be necessary to do something that you'll regret later on. Jobs are not impossible in this industry.
I started dancing at the very start of the recession (sometime last year) because I too was out of work and was laid off. The difference was that I was complete comfortable with my job (hell I LOVE stripping). I wouldn't recommend it to someone that is looking for a quick fix because stripping is a profession that should be taken seriously. If you want to do well then you must give it your all and be dedicated to your line of work. I think a lot of women that are "forced" into this industry aren't earning their full potential simply because they are not putting effort into it.
I work with a lot of women that were "forced" into stripping in order to pay bills. I get really disgusted with their complaints on the industry because it makes me feel as though they are knocking my career choice and makes me feel as though they believe they are better than girls that choose to strip for a living.
No one should ever throw away their dignity for quick cash.
I think I'm pretty sick of seeing variations on that theme, but at least this article didn't make it sound like we're pulling in gobs of money each night.
The article insinuates that EVERY stripper does it for the money and completely hates her job. I find this to be very fictitious. I've actually wanted to be a stripper ever since I was 15 (I'm 18 now). But then again, I am a very troubled child.
"This is a fall-back for everybody," she added. "I mean, nobody really wants to be doing this."
Really now? I think this is the most insulting line in the entire article and, conveniently, the last line that readers are left with.
While I doubt many see themselves becoming a career dancer, I'm quite certain there are more than a few who find dancing to be the best fit for them, at the moment, AND for reasons other than the financial benefits. I mean, I can't be the only one who likes to blatantly use my sex appeal to get what I want.
more opportunity for mainstream media to reinforce the 'Hollywood Stripper Stereotype'.
"Women who are doing this because they're desperate for money, the ones who find it morally repugnant ... will feel the toll immediately," said Bernadette Barton, a sociology professor and author who has studied the business. "No one should have to violate their own moral center to make a living."
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what a bunch of bullshit
I don't think that's bullshit, actually. I think the article is kind of offensive with the "nobody really wants to do this" - I love my job...but if somebody feels that dancing is morally wrong it would definitely affect them.
I worked with a girl once who was gorgeous and an absolute doll. She would tell me how dancing made her feel so guilty, she felt like a whore, wanted to quit asap but needed fast cash, etc. We have a group of church ladies who deliver food to our club once a week, and she would get so upset every time they came in...thinking that they all looked down on us. (not true, the ladies are super sweet and respectful to all of us) She made a ton of money during the short time she danced, but decided she didn't care about the money anymore. Quit like 2 months after she started.
I know my club went from 10-15 girls a night to 40+ girls a night. Yet, they all seem pretty happy to be there. :)
I'm sick of these articles. They're almost always constituted of two dancers' limited perspectives in one city, which are then generalized as the common sentiment across an entire industry. And of course, the experts' opinions always conveniently support this perspective. Makes you wonder about the accuracy of the content in every other article you read :/
The article was so one sided too. I started dancing shortly after I turned 18. I have been in some kind of dance program since I was young, and exotic dancing was something that unknown to me till my early teens. Since then it was always in the back of my mind. I still don't see why it more girls are wanting to be strippers now, it far slower now then a year and a half ago when I started dancing. Its even dumber that the news people are reporting about it; its just an attention getter for their headlines anyways.
Oops, I wasn't clear. I was calling the whole article bullshit that quote just rubbed me way wrong so I included it. Yes, I agree if that if they are morally opposed to it it will take a toll on them.
But in general the whole article and idea is bullshit. The idea that one would have to 'resort' 'degrade' or 'lower herself' is stupid. If you want to dance, dance but don't say you have NO other options or abilities. That is BS.
ms. barton's book on strippers is interesting reading. she is more sympathetic than you credit her with being.
$40 for an hour show? Are u fucking kidding me?, I've never one personally, but I charge 200 on average inside the club to hang out , chat, an dance here and there, (my lowest being 140 . and high is 500 for an hour)
Yes, these stories are burnt out, vet dancer here, why don't they talk to me,?
I'll give them an earful.... if they pay me. lol
I left my comments on the original Fresno newspaper when the story was first released. The last comment is pretty funny.
It seems to have been picked up on slow news days by every paper. It was just published today in Tuscaloosa
How lame.
Stripping is a job. Not a lifestyle. Your job does not define you. Personally, I can't stand to hear about people being "forced" into stripping. Maybe it wasn't something you considered before(I had no clue what clubs were like before I started--and I worked as a peepshow girl for a few years before that) but no one put a gun to your head and told you to do it.
It's not for everyone in the same way that proctology isn't for everyone--how many people would enjoy looking up people's assholes all day? Everyone has issues with their job. But since we take off our clothes it makes the issues that come along with any other job so much more dramatic.
I spent more nights bawling while I was in college working at Wendy's than I ever did dancing, while making a measly $5.50/hr.
It gets REALLY tiring having to justify my chosen profession to everyone: friends/family/customers/even my psychiatrist.
It never ends.
haha i used to work at that club theyre talking about. :D
I can't believe she only gets $40 per show either! I haven't done a party in years, but I was getting at least double that from the agency I worked for just to walk through the door!