
Originally Posted by
camille27
is the issue the condescending tone? i'm not a fan of long-term jobs, i think humans should push their potential, see what they're capable of, try different things...so yeah, if someone told me they were going to do a job with no room for growth or promotion (and this is the reality of house dancing), then...well, actually, i'd have no desire to be around that person because i think stagnancy is an undesirable character trait.
but if you aren't "ashamed" of what you do, or that you are planning on doing it forever, why do you give a shit what this person who is no longer in your life thinks?
dancing, for the vast majority of us, is a means to an end. it is a way to get on your feet when you're in an undesirable situation, finance business ideas, network.... someone can say to me, straight-faced, that they have no desire to do anything but dance in a strip club (and we can play the i-love-being-on-stage thing, but that's like....6% of the shift. our job is to work the floor, sell dances and champagne rooms. the stage is hugely irrelevant) and i will think that person is out of their fucking minds.
if you love to be on stage, love to look pretty, love making money, love meeting new people, there are hundreds of things you could be aspiring to, using dancing as a stepping stone. this is not a long-term career.
but i'm absolutely not-shocked that practicality is being equated with shame here.
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