It seems like many customers assume that women become dancers because they either have kids to support or are working their way through college. Both presume that there's a lack of "choice" involved- "I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing, but I have a mouth to feed/books to buy!"
They ask me "why I do this kind of thing". When I tell them the truth- that I don't have kids and dropped out of college and am dancing merely to support myself and for no other purpose, they seem sort of turned off or... disappointed?
They'll sit there and pry into my life to find out why in the world I would skip college (is it really such a crime to not have a degree?) and lecture me about my choices- "how long do you plan on doing this?? You're not gonna be that one old nasty 30-year-old stripper, right? I mean, don't you have any goals or aspirations??" (For the record, my goals and aspirations aren't career-related).
Sometimes I feel like lying and just telling them I have a college degree or am working towards one. I get enough scrutiny for dropping out of college in real life, I don't need that shit at work tooWhy do they give a shit about my life anyway? I don't care about theirs.
Why do we have to have a "reason" to strip? Why can't I just want to make money? Isn't that enough of a reason in and of itself?
I never got these questions when I was a line cook in a restaurant making $10/hr. It should be even less of an issue now that I'm making at least twice that amount. Stripping is a job just like any other that I'll do 'til I get tired of it and then move on to something else, like I've done for the 10 years I've been in the workforce.
Anyone else experience this?



Why do they give a shit about my life anyway? I don't care about theirs.
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Ugh I remember what I was like when I was 18... I would never wanna be 18 again o_O

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