I was surprised last night when one of our more flamboyant girls expressed to me that she found our job to be "degrading". I tried to convince her otherwise, but not only would she not hear me, she told me that it was sad for me that I don't share her opinion. Does anyone else feel this way? I personally do not feel degraded or otherwise effected in terms of self-esteem by being a dancer. Yes, I am "worth more" than dancing around naked, but I'm also on my way to a degree and a life beyond this. Stripping has just been an incredible platform for my goals, and one with which I am comfortable. As far as showing my vagina off to strangers for money, I feel neither saddened nor happy about it. I guess I feel the same way about the naked aspect of my work as I did about pushing buttons on a screen at my former fast food job....Neutral? I don't see how it might be degrading, unless a girl is somehow forced into the industry or is trapped in it but wants to retire. That would be a shitty situation, and I thankfully cannot relate. My opinion is that girls who find adult work shameful should not do adult work, period, if avoidable. It would be degrading to share my beautiful, sacred body with many men for free in order to have my self-esteem reinforced, yes. I would find it degrading to work there if I felt ashamed of my body in some way, or had an anti-stripper disposition prior to becoming a stripper. Neither of those are true of me, though. I'm trying to understand why it's sad that I don't feel "degraded". This is just my job, like any other in most ways. It's just what I've chosen to do in order to be financially independent and fund my education. To me, it's only degrading if I allow it to be, if I feel shameful and dirty about it (which I don't. IMO nothing I do at work can be deemed dirty by the general population). I've just been thinking about what my co-worker told me, ever since last night.....



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I can't wait to start back up again, I hate not making MY own $$$ and taking those much needed vacations, buying things for myself, etc.

Does it somehow affect her negatively if you don't feel bad about your job? If not, why should she care?

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