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Stripping conflicting with professional life
Has stripping ever come back to haunt you once you're out of the business? Has it interfeered with your other jobs?
I was chatting with a pediatrician the other day about my professional goals and options, and he asked whether or not I'd regret stripping or felt it would cause a bias against me should my potential employer find out. My graduation date is getting closer and closer and I'm thinking of taking the MCAT's. Depending on my score I may proceed to medical school, but there's a big if there. I don't think stripping could be that big of a deal. I'm also not planning on announcing it to the world once I quit, either. It won't be on my resume'. What do ya'll think?
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akajules- for the most part, I don't think it will come back to haunt you. If our last president had somebody under his desk doing him favors and that ended up OK, why should stripping be such a hindrance?
Girls strip to put themselves through college all the time. The adult industry is booming because the rest of the economy is faultyat best. I mean there will awalys be a couple of people here and there trying to ruin things for you, but that's with any job. I think it's not such a big deal-just make sure to have other marketable things on your resume.
Juliette de Sade
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I have been told that medical school can be an extremely uptight environment and that any stripper considering it should think long and hard about the potential consequences should her background surface. I intend to proceed with my professional plans, and I think you should too, but we do have to always be prepared to deal with the possibilities of running into difficulty in the future.
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Collettecall is right about potential employers. Candidates for any really responsible position, i.e. something that involves other people's bodies, children, money etc. are now thoroughly investigated by potential employers. If you're considering a career in medicine, law, education, banking or any "well respected profession", as well as politics, law enforcement, security or other "not so well respected" professions, having the fact that you were an exotic dancer surface during a pre-employment investigation may be the kiss of death to your chances of getting that good "straight" job. Not every employer feels this way, and many will not care if the job is hard to fill (like nursing), but quite a few prospective employers might use the fact of your exotic dancing as indicating that you are of unpredictable character, potentially unreliable and any of the other attributes which go along with the Hollywood Stereotype of the kind of people exotic dancers are (even though the vast majority of us aren't).
There's also an additional risk these days that dancers can be busted (even though they may not have been doing anything wrong personally) as part of conservative anti-dance club crusades, potentially leaving the girl with a criminal charge on her permanent record even if she is able to prove her innocence. More likely a conviction could show on her record if she isn't able to prove her innocence (which is very tough to do in a dancer's word versus cop's word situation). If this happens, a girl could potentially be permanently barred from working in the profession she studied and trained for.
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............There's also an additional risk these days that dancers can be busted (even though they may not have been doing anything wrong personally) as part of conservative anti-dance club crusades, potentially leaving the girl with a criminal charge on her permanent record even if she is able to prove her innocence. More likely a conviction could show on her record if she isn't able to prove her innocence (which is very tough to do in a dancer's word versus cop's word situation). If this happens, a girl could potentially be permanently barred from working in the profession she studied and trained for.
A very real situation for you to consider..... More and more applications for employment now ask if you have ever been charged rather than convicted of a crime.
I know a very sweet young lady totally in the wrong place at the wrong time....... She was doing private dances for a group in a private suite where 2 of 3 ladies were providing "extras" for customers with Vice present. They were ALL arrested and charged for solicitation...... The two girls caught red handed pleaded their charg3es down to something minor and took their licks but she fought it and lost..... Cut a deal at the last minute for Deffered Adjudication, had to plead guilty to something she did not do and although it was dropped after she completed the probationary period it shows up on background investigations.
She was rejected from a school she wanted to attend and has not been overly successful in acquiring a job in her chosen profession.
Some colleges have morals clauses in their enrollment agreements so tight that being in a Wet Tshirt contest and a favorite nightspot can get you thrown out in a heart beat. Baylor in Waco is one.
Plus there is that embarrissing potential of having to deal with a potential employer, professor or client that recognizes you. He may be one of 1000's to you but you might have been a lasting impression in his mind. That happened to my wife 7 years after she quit..... She could not get any respect from the man and had to quit.
It is not something you want to list or discuss. AND you need a plausible alternative to cover the times you were dancing when filling in applications. The most common and seldom questioned is housewife or student.
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One other comment about Melonies post....
Nowadays, preemployment screening is becoming so wide spread and inexpensive that it exists in many areas of business...... My wife was screened before taking a parttime waitress position at a poshy hotel last year. My daughters at a Veternarian clinic and the other as a Sales Clerk at David's Bridal
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I'm doing biotechnology at university now. I really want to do my PHD too (also something i'll definitely have to strip through) so I can play around with plant molecular biology, plant genetics kind of a field.
Just want to ask if you think this is the kind of field where they might do such background checks. I mean i'm playing with plants right so who the hell cares. but it is still a professional field. What do you think?
As for the president being forgiven for having someone under the table doing him favours and that being okay. Well, its still largely a mans world as far as morals go. A sexually adventurous guy is still a stud, hero whatever and the girl is still a slut. Theres few things i hate more than a woman calling another woman a slut. don't they realise they are hurting themselves just as much when they spread that *@#%
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Hm. I work with abused and neglected children in my real life. I found it interesting that the security clearances required for that were much less than the security clearances that were required to work on peoples computers. Luckily I live near the border so I can dance in another state where the chances of a bust are very low. I look very very different at work, even my freinds don't recognize me. But I'm thinking about getting a wig.
Lena
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You bet ya! It has come back to haunt me and my promotions now. Never thought it would.
Some one took nude pictures of me and taped them in the elevators at work, saying i was a stripper at Pure P.
I got called in to Admin. and explained myself. They can't get rid of me because of what happened or my dancing, hell they knew i danced. But they damn sure could find another reason just as well.
So now in the gallery, i have 1 pic. so far and no more nudes.
People, can be so mean.
Pamela
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If you just omit the stripping info, how likely is it that they will find out? Say you have held another "straight" job during that time (so there are no gaps in employment), will they go out of their way to search ALL of your past job info out?
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I was thinking that too. If you never say anything about your stripping, then how would they know? It's not something that shows up on your record since there are no taxes taken out. I feel kind of comfortable in my situation 'cause I'm about to start school for medical assistant and I can just say my husband's been supporting me while I've been at home with my son. I can see where it would be difficult for someone who was single and would have to somehow come up with a way that they made money to survive.
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So, you don't have to claim stripping on your taxes? Don't you have to give them your social and everything? Do you get a W-2 at the end of the year?
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Originally Posted by Juliette_deSade
akajules- for the most part, I don't think it will come back to haunt you. If our last president had somebody under his desk doing him favors and that ended up OK, why should stripping be such a hindrance?
I would hardly say it ended up being OK.
And a stripper doesn't have half the congress as well as a powerful political party and millions of dollars in fight money in her corner.
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I'm kind of worried about that if I start doing it. I have a day job so it's not an issue of saying what I do but more of a client from my day job coming in and seeing me. I'd like a way to save for law school but I guess if I got rejected for having been a stripper I could just spend the money on a house or something instead. I know two attorneys who own a Porno store together and they don't seem to have a problem with it and people know about it so I don't see why it would be that serious of an issue. I have a friend who was accepted into law school and has a felony arrest on her record for climbing onto the thing that your luggage comes around on at the airport. I never knew that was a felony but apparently it's a federal crime to do that. I think she's also been arrested for shoplifting and she has a history of some pretty serious mental problems but now she has a law degree and takes her lithium and does great.
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I think it's all location that matters. If your in the Bible Belt, being a stripper might be held against you.
If your in SF, NYC, DC, LA, I don't think anyone would really care, even medical school or law school on what you might do for a living, as long they get their tution money from you.
Hell, about OCT 2004 the Fed's arrested a local escort(www.atouchofbrazil.net) that went to Stanford and got her JD, but didn't take the BAR. They only knew of her existance because the Fed's had caught one of her friends in a sting. BTW this Escort is married to the founder of AskJeeves.com.
I don't know where this story leads but I think you'll have fun with it.
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I think the fact of if you have to get a license to work in your city or not probably would come in to play
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i always give a false social s# when they ask me. i also think that if an employer / company
are discriminating towards women because of their stripping history, there could be ground for sueing and taking them to court.
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I am in the position of hiring people for corporate sales jobs, and honestly, unless someone put it on their resume, I'd never know if they stripped before. I doubt anyone could find out unless they did a private eye sort of background check on you. I wouldn't worry about it.
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Originally Posted by Cristalla
i always give a false social s# when they ask me. i also think that if an employer / company
are discriminating towards women because of their stripping history, there could be ground for sueing and taking them to court.
LOL! Sued for not hiring an ex-stripper. Dream on.::)
But I do agree with Mr. Hyde - if you say nothing about it, no one is going to know. Especially if you move out of state or something like that.:-X
About the only way someone could track you is by your dancer license - as some townships require such a thing. If not, you are in the free and clear.8)
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If it does come to light, you could have trouble because you didn't declare it, right?
It seems to me enough people have stripped when they were going to medical, vet, law, and other programs that required a degree and/or a licensing check - surely not all of them were denied?
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Holy ancient thread revival! :O
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Originally Posted by
Bunny
I know two attorneys who own a Porno store together and they don't seem to have a problem with it and people know about it so I don't see why it would be that serious of an issue.
Are they still practicing?
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Bunny
I have a friend who was accepted into law school and has a felony arrest on her record for climbing onto the thing that your luggage comes around on at the airport. I never knew that was a felony but apparently it's a federal crime to do that. I think she's also been arrested for shoplifting and she has a history of some pretty serious mental problems but now she has a law degree and takes her lithium and does great.
Was she able to get her license with the felony in her record?
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Lady Jade
Holy ancient thread revival!
Whoops - sorry - I totally didn't notice the dates. I was looking at another thread and this popped up at the very bottom with other threads.
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Wow... the dark moon is raising the dead :zombie: