Well ladies looks like our time is done. Shall we join an ex-stripper pact and all go to college for our teaching degrees? Dibs on physical education!!!
Well ladies looks like our time is done. Shall we join an ex-stripper pact and all go to college for our teaching degrees? Dibs on physical education!!!



^ Sarcasm right? lols. i'm ready to get back to tha hustle babyyy~!!
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She’s totally right... Majority of strippers are constantly broke. It’s a fact. It’s partly due to their expensive habits and poor financial discipline but also partly because there are very few actually nice money making clubs left. Sure, your average teacher might not make make much but they pay less in taxes and get benefits and have something to put on their resume should they retire and take up another job.



I was a broke stripper for a while cuz i just didnt work. I'd go like 1-3 times a week.
i used to think i made a 1000 tonight. not gonna work the rest of the week
how dumb that was lol; on top of that i genuinely just didnt like my enviornment, especially the city i was living at the time
even when summer came, the club slowed doown baaaad and i could only pull 200 or less a night, i couldn't bring myself to work)
When i moved overseas, started dancing 4-5 days a week i finally paid off my debt and started saving up money
Unfortunately COVID cut me stacking up short -_-
....i miss the club
just really got put the work in. and i think a big problem is thaat not enough of us do
glad i changed my mind set and found somewhere i genuinely enjoy living/working
forsure the ones that are in this game for the long run are going to work super hard when this is over
but even a low earning potential at club, say 200 average a day...1000 a week
that's still 4k a month
which i would say is more than comfortable if u live below ur means
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my goal when all this ends is to keep working 4-5+ days a week
and more traveling
and when i get my own place again (saving money stayin w/ fam rn)
to get into some online work
i dont wanna cam, OF or content sales will be my choice
this is far off topic from the OG question but
i think we've already discussed this
my opinion is still that it might be slow for a bit but everything will eventually be back to normal
even better if theres the ..what's the term... people who have been pent up and ready to blow all their money
a lot of the users have already hit the nail w/ that one, i believe it to
On top of that maybe the quality of girls will be better.
The girls who are career dancers will probs be back in action, not too serious dancers going back to school lols
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Thank you. I was a "broke stripper" too. But then I switched clubs, started investing in myself not just appearance wise but learning how to hustle, why men come to strip clubs and spend the money they do, started asking for tips, upselling and learning to stack dances, and started actually working more than 2 days a week. Cut it out with the excuses, "the industry is dying and the club will be dead tonight blah blah", stopped fucking around in the dressing room half the shift, stuck to a schedule (I may choose to stay later or work more days but I always make sure to work the same 3 days, 6 hours a week), even if I had a $1k night or even a $4k night, I'd still follow my schedule or go in the next day as planned. My earnings shot up significantly and I'm not even in a big city club.
I mean, if you feel the industry isn't worth it anymore and is dying, and relocating to where the money is isn't an option for you, by all means that's valid and I wish you well on your way out. But when coworkers in my club were complaining about how $200 a night seemed like pulling teeth nowadays and the glory days were over, $200 was on the low end of nightly earnings for me. (Obviously, horrid nights and amazing nights happen once in a while)
Like I said before, how many strippers actually treat it like a job, and try nowadays? And aren't perpetually stuck in burnout stage?
With all that said, I think as predicted the clubs may be ass for a while and I'm looking for another line of work on the side while they pick up. That's just being realistic. But if people aren't scared to go to restaurants, bars, salons, nightclubs, movie theaters, theme parks, and other places after the virus (they obviously aren't because of the protesting idiots), I don't think they'll be scared of the strip club.



If anything I'd love to work at a smaller city club as opposed to be a bigger city club
I've always loved small/ homey clubs <3 like 30 girls or less on a busy night lol yasss
they have good regulars & even tho i was making good money in vegas, the competitiveness/cattiness was just over the top lol. and slow weekends would be like 60+ ( small for vegas x) girls to very few guys lols.
end of the day theres always going to be consumers for our industry. men are never gonna stop wanting sex/sexual experiences xD Online work is great too, but someones always going to want in to the club for that one on one experience i dont think that'll ever change.
Besides that its legal and they dont take the same risk as hiring an escort
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I hope clubs who make it through this difficult time enforce stricter contact rules to incentivize private dances and help dancers maintain better health. Less grabby customers! More money! Also hopefully charge more for lap dances to adjust for inflation. Re-openings would mark the ideal time to add changes like these.
I was thinking... fast food places aren’t hurting. People are still buying their McDonald’s and panda. Restaurants are still getting take out orders. Clothing and makeup websites, subscription services like Netflix, only fans, etc still have clientele. People can’t wait to get their hair done, nails done, go shopping. So why are we worried about all the strip clubs dying out again? YES we will take a pay cut. That DOES NOT mean you are going to be leaving with $0 night after night. Would you rather take home $100-$200 a night (with the option of working every night) or go to that minimum wage job you hate and wait 2 weeks for your pay check after the government gets his tip out off it?



That part ^
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Yeah I am kinda hoping for the same thing. I'd been getting major burnout because it seems like most clubs it is perfectly ok to touch dancers for the cheap $20-25 dances, and I was personally finding even the clubs that are either "no touching" or "no touching on the floor" didn't actually enforce it. I understand it is up to the girls to enforce it but it gets tiring dealing with that shit when most girls don't care even in "no touch" clubs. Like if a club is in the no touching or no touching on the floor category like I expect it to really be that. What I do not expect is for dudes to like try and be slick about touching in these clubs and girls sitting on laps while having their butt fondled for 30 min+ to try and get sales. That is still touching by my definition. Also a dude trying to touch your leg or something when you are talking to him is still touching, hello! I was getting tired of swatting hands away etc and then say you slap a customer oh you gotta leave because you are drama. No, how about you make them leave. Like what is my house fee and tipout money and vip room cuts going to? I realize that when I pay out a lot I also made a lot, but I often felt like I was at least entitled to some benefits from the club to like back me up if there are issues- and they sure don't.
All in all I miss the fast money, but I was getting extremely fed up with the zero standards nature of the stripping biz. Maybe in my case it is good that this is forcing me to consider other options for the long term- more so than I was previously.
I was thinking the same actually. When clubs re-open I guess I can't be too upset or surprised if the money is very low initially if I am back in the clubs at that point. Actually, fast food places have laid off a lot of workers. I can't speak for all the chains, but there is at least 1 chain around here that I know for a fact laid off a lot of people.
AMEN, girl, yes I miss the money but the bullshit you have to deal with was getting tiring as well. I don't miss the hand swatting AT all. But then again, online, or other forms of work also have their downsides..at least we can make crazy money with minimal hours stripping. I promise I won't complain when/if we reopen. =P



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I understand why a lot of girls on here get defensive when vanilla work is brought up, this is stripper web after all. The response to any discussion of vanilla work is usually dismissive and along the lines of "stripping is better than minimum wage". Lots of people on here want to make stripping work for them, come hell or high water.
I danced from 2010 to 2019 and I was a big fish in the black NYC/NJ clubs. I fully get the appeal of stripping. When it's good, it's great. What other job can you walk in with just your tip out and leave with $1000? Not many. But like you said, if we're being honest, the vast majority of dancers are absolutely not making $1000 per shift or anywhere close to it. I knew so many girls who were stripping for years and didn't have a pot to piss in. I worked with a lot of girls that made money in the club but still couldn't independently afford an apartment and car. Money was a liquid, running right through their hands. That wasn't my story. I actually had tangible things to show for myself and my choices but still, stripping eventually became unbearable for me.
Transitioning out of stripping is a scary thought. I know because I wanted to stop dancing for years but like many people on here, I thought I couldn't find a better gig without a college degree. And what gig would I be qualified for with a work history that included retail as a teen and then damn near a decade of sex work?
Well, I took the leap and hung up my heels around this time last year. It's been such a turning point in my life. I know some people that frequent this site are on here looking for a path out of dancing and I hope the rest of my post helps them.
I finally started listening to my mom instead of my peers. My peers told me that being a CNA is a minimum wage job. My mom told me it would be a good way out of stripping. She was right and I haven't made minimum wage since 2009. I'm in NJ and becoming a CNA cost me a whopping $1100. It's a 5 week course that was actually 4 weeks. I took the certification exam on a Monday. I applied to jobs on Indeed on Tuesday. And on Wednesday I had 7 calls for interviews from different nursing homes. The next day I went shopping for interview clothes and while I was in the dressing room, a hospital called me. About 4 other nursing homes called me that day but because I was a nursing student, I only cared about the hospital. Anywho, I was worried about the interview because I would have to do the thing I had been dreading the most which was explaining the gap in my work history.
I lied on my resume and wrote that I was a self employed seamstress for that 9 year period. Because it wasn't healthcare related, the hospital didn't care or ask me about it since it wasn't relevant work history. All the nursing homes that called me obviously didn't care either. All that they cared about was whether or not I met the qualifications which meant being CNA and CPR certified. That was it. I got hired at a hospital the literal week I finished the CNA course and boom, my stripping past suddenly no longer mattered. Starting pay was $15/hr and $18/weekends. Full time was 3 days a week (12.5 hr shifts) and they had all the overtime you'd want. I was a hustler in the club and I'm a hustler everywhere. There was a 2 week period where I worked 147 hours.
After 8 months, I began to lose respect for my lazy ass coworkers and I knew I could find greener grass because that's the nature of working in healthcare, even as a CNA. I quit and was hired a week later at a better hospital. Now I make $24.35/hr (because I'm new, it'll be $26 something when I'm off the probationary period). They're giving me phlebotomy training which boosts me from a CNA to a patient care tech. I also work for two agencies which are a lot like stripping in the regard that there is no schedule and you can pick up shifts when you want. In order to work for an agency, you have to have 6 months to a year experience. The agencies will tell you how much the shift pays and they do a weekly direct deposit. Some of the agencies (even before covid) were offering $21/hr for nursing home shifts. Post covid, one agency is offering $25/hr for each shift and the other agency changes their shift pay depending on how the wind blows but it ranges from $18 to $30/hr. I know that there are parts of the country where CNAs get paid shit (there are nursing homes in NJ that fall into that category) but that's also a lot like stripping in that you have the choice to go where the money is. You're not forced to work where they're paying peanuts. And being a CNA is a job you can get tomorrow. Tons of nursing homes will hire you on the spot and train you. They may not give you the state certification but they will give you a job which you can use on your resume after you eventually go to the 4 weeks worth of classes to be certified.
Had I listened to my peers who talked about being a CNA like it was the most bottom of the barrel job in the world, I would be absolutely fucked right now. Instead, my life has done a complete 180. I no longer have a drinking problem. My mental well-being is sky high. I no longer have to shave my vagina before I go to work. I no longer have to worry about everybody filming me nearly nude while I'm just trying to earn a living. I no longer have to entertain, dance on, talk to, or be touched by random men. I no longer have to deal with the ups and downs of working for tips after paying an upfront house fee. I will never go to work and leave in the red. The IRS no longer bills me, it pays me. I can go on and on. Switching to a vanilla job has positively changed everything about my life. I now have stability, peace of mind, and a sense of purpose that I never had with dancing. And all it took to get out of my old life was $1100 and a month's time.
That’s the thing. You wanted out. Some of us don’t. Some of us love dancing. We don’t want to do anything else as of right now. And what college has $1100 certificates because I would jump on that so quick and become an RN lol. I went to a scamming private college for vet tech and now I’m $30,000 in debt and no veterinary job. Especially now during all that’s happening not all of us can jump into school especially as a first year. I am very happy that you are financially secure and happy with what you do, but you are also in a very privileged position. I hope you aren’t saying this as a “I can do it so you all have no excuse” because that isn’t really reality for some of us.



I think lexynyc was only trying to help by saying theres fast certs one can get to be in demand vs fighting for bs minimum wage jobs. She was talking about an $1100 quick cert for CNA not an RN which takes at least 2 yrs and def more money... in my area the RN associates is really a 3 year degree because they need 1 year of prereqs to even start the 2 year program. I don't get how she is privileged?? She took the initiative/time/money to get something else going. Good for her! It isn't like it was all just handed to her for being well connected.




I will not be surprised if dancers become employees. They are already saying "cash may have the virus on it".



ughh I hope it's not mandatory. At my club when you're hired, you can choose independent contractor or employee.
Maybe they will implement some sort of e-tipping system. Imagine dancing on stage with your phone next to you and your Venmo keeps buzzing off like crazylol nah I hope that's not the case.
I saw one club that has a stage cam, I know not everyone would want that, but I also saw you can pay by the minute to chat with the dancer privately. Like a camgirl chat room but set up by the club. Thought that was neat.



some1 said "Fuck it imma become a CNA" is the stripper version of "fuck it imma become a stripper" xD
LexiNYC that's really dope and you are getting paid well congrats
& I feels u ivory
i feel like it's considered shameful now a days to want to stay in the sex industry instead of going to a more traditional job
honestly i dont want to. I dont wanna work in a hospital, i dont wanna work behind a bar, I dont wanna work at a desk....I'm happy w/ what i'll do and when i cant strip no more*** i'll find another avenue of sex work... or become a housemom (lol). I don't (or try not) to care of what society thinks we as dancers/ SW should do w/ our life. If you are happy,, are making money, and saving up, why does it matter what job u do? I've never in my life been happier being in the sex industry, being my own boss, getting paid and having fun! what's the point of appeasing others for their own comfort.
TBF idk what this whole conversation had to do w/ what strip clubs will be like but theres my two cents
Speaking of which, who decides when you cant strip anymore? Like damn i've seen 50 years old making BANK (welcome to vegas..)...+ when i started at 22 there was this danceer in her mid 30s or possibly 40s and ooohhh weee she badd asffff!! Point is i'll stop when EYE want to, or when i stop making money or getting hired xD
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Who would want to make us employees anyway? the club or the feds?
I dont think being an employee is bad. The problem is clubs (aka California) abusing the system . like charging house fees on top of minimum wage + minimal hours and whatever bs is going on
being an employee would mean health insurance , unemployment benefits, no house fees, hourly pay on top of dances, easier tax filing, etc. .
When i first heard Cali dancers would be employees, i was actually happy and thought i might go back. but not if they are gonna stay BS-ing. Anyways a LOT of Cali clubs are getting sued. Probaably for the best, hopefully they can make things right and actually beneficial 4 dancers one day
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