View Poll Results: Out of the following which body type would you prefer

Voters
55. You may not vote on this poll
  • Ugly Duckling..Homely as hell!

    7 12.73%
  • Plain Jane/regular..not much to speak of.

    22 40.00%
  • Prom Queen..always been a head turner.

    11 20.00%
  • Had my own weird look..pink hair..etc..

    11 20.00%
  • Not Sure?

    4 7.27%
Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: Making some future predictions...

  1. #1
    God/dess Paris's Avatar
    Joined
    Nov 2002
    Location
    Oregon
    Posts
    6,345
    Thanks
    168
    Thanked 801 Times in 419 Posts

    Default Making some future predictions...

    From what I've seen since I started dancing, and going off what I know having an Aunt that danced in the late seventies until the mid eighties, I have an idea where exotic dancing is going.

    I can see the word "stripper" becoming synonymous with "hooker".

    There will be other girls that will participate in stage only performances reminisant of the old time girly shows offering dying artistic talent such as pastie twirling, fan dancing and trapeze tricks. These performers will call themselves "Burlesque Performers". The Burlesque girls will have to have some real stage talent, be it either comedy, dance, singing, or all of the above. They will rarely perform fully nude, mostly doing so when stratigicly covered by bubbles or some other obstruction.

    "Strippers" will continue to denigrate into the realm of prostitution, with a legal face i.e.; porno films and magazines and/or lap dancing clubs that look the other way while "extras" become the norm and are no longer extra. As the clubs rely more and more on girls that give extras to keep clientele coming through the door, these guys who own the clubs will push the law makers to keep their businesses legal. It wasn't all that long ago that it was illegal to even so much as purchase a private totally air dance from a girl because it was considered prostitution. Now, in many states prostitution is defined by genital on genital contact only, and anything else is legal for the exchange of money (oral or manual stimulation is not covered by the preceding definition).

    Now the only thing that is keeping these guys from running brothels is liquor regulations. And most nude clubs have no liquor, so what difference does it make? In many areas the responsibility of staying legal is up to the girl alone with the club not putting it's neck on the line whatsoever. So the girl has about the same chance of getting busted for prostitution working in a club compared to working on the street, or for a service. So prostitutes can come into the club, screen their potential clients, lap dance only for the ones they want, and hire out for "professional services" to only those guys they wish to "do business" with. In the mean time they can have bouncers on the look out of the guys who want that kind of service, pay the bouncers a kick back for sending them new business, as well as have someone know exactly where they are for protection purposes.

    On the upside, the burlesque reviews will be fun, profitable, and more of a draw to a larger audience than Gentlemen's Clubs. The Burlesque performers won't have to be particularly talented, just have a commanding stage presence, and a willingness to do silly stuff while naked. Even if that means singing badly

    I am already in my mid thirties, so I won't be in the business long enough to see all of this happen, but it sure looks like that is the way things are going now.

    Maybe this is a good thing.


    Promote yourself and earn more money! This is a business that is owned by strippers for strippers. Let's make that money!


  2. #2
    God/dess Lena's Avatar
    Joined
    Jun 2002
    Location
    On a sweet muddy river.
    Posts
    6,399
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 78 Times in 43 Posts

    Default Re: Making some future predictions...

    I disagree. I haven't seen any burlesquey things pop up. I have seen a trend towards seperating upscale no-contact clubs from the contact clubs.

    I think that americans have a dual idea of a womans sexuality virgin/slut, pure/dirty, angel/demoness, etc. Hell, you even see it in the new lines of make up and clothes. I think our society as a whole wants to seperate the "dirty sluts" who do heavy contact dancing, etc, from the "purer" girls who carry themselves well, don't talk dirty, etc. So I thik we will have upscale clubs where men can go and pay lots of money to be graced by the presence of beautiful "pure" women, and I think there will be other clubs where men can go and be with "dirty" girls. "Dirty" is becoming synonomous with cheap, so I don't think there's much of a financial future in that line of work, unless you specialize in something kinky.

    JMO
    Lena



  3. #3
    Banned Melonie's Avatar
    Joined
    Jul 2002
    Location
    way south of the border
    Posts
    25,932
    Thanks
    612
    Thanked 10,563 Times in 4,646 Posts
    Blog Entries
    3
    My Mood
    Cynical

    Default Re: Making some future predictions...

    I tend to agree with Lena that the future of dance clubs seems to be taking two different directions. One direction is high class, upscale low contact show clubs that will only hire the best of the best looking 'eye candy' dancers to appeal to what remains of 3 piece suit business customers and well-to-do tourists who have money to spend but don't want any part of sleaze/busts/bad publicity. The other direction is ever sleazier high contact grind clubs, where girls are willing to bend, break, or totally mutilate the law in order to earn money. But I disagree with the idea that there isn't much money in "extras" - the only time this starts to be true is if practically every club in the entire city is into "extras" like Houston or San Francisco clubs, where "extras" dancers wind up competing with other "extras" dancers and with other clubs full of girls offering "extras" for the same group of customers who have come to expect extras from every dancer in town.

    The neighborhood clubs that used to exist between these two extremes are slowly declining, as the bad economy has made it very hard for these clubs and the dancers that work in them to continue to attract enough customers with money to spend and to earn enough to make the effort worthwhile. As earnings have declined, dancers capable of being hired at more upscale low contact show clubs have left neighborhood clubs. Also as earnings have declined, some dancers who didn't "measure up" to the hiring standards of the upscale clubs have migrated to the sleaze clubs to recoup their earnings. This has left in the neighborhood clubs dancers who don't "measure up" to show club standards who also will not deliver high mileage, which is NOT a formula for attracting big spending customers at either end of the scale. What the neighborhood clubs do get for customers are blue collar guys looking to down a few beers on a budget and toss a few dollars in tips at the dancers.

    At some point, a dancer in a neighborhood club averaging less than $100 a night after tipout, with no health nsurance, unemployment or workmen's comp benefits, has to ask herself whether it's worthwhile to continue to dance there or whether she'd be better off working as a restaurant waitress or a WalMart check out clerk!

  4. #4
    Pamela
    Guest

    Default Re: Making some future predictions...

    Well i agree with both Lena and Melonie on that one. I see clubs around here cleaning up their act. More upscale. And that is a good turn around for us dancers. I just had one club go under new managemant and tore the place apart. Fixed it up. Beautiful! Bigger, brighter, better parking, and new dancers. I went and hung a few times. I saw a nice stage and a good crowd, with women dancing, and nothing looked nasty. One good point here. BIG cameras every place you turn. I loved it. Because the place was a dive before this couple came along and turned it around. Pamela
    Hey thats a change for the better! One club "can" make a difference.

  5. #5
    Banned Melonie's Avatar
    Joined
    Jul 2002
    Location
    way south of the border
    Posts
    25,932
    Thanks
    612
    Thanked 10,563 Times in 4,646 Posts
    Blog Entries
    3
    My Mood
    Cynical

    Default Re: Making some future predictions...

    I agree, Pamela, that upscale clubs are great ... IF, and this is a big if for some of us, ... IF you have the looks and the skills and the personality to actually be hired by one of the upscale clubs. For girls who can't get past the audition at the upscale clubs, that leaves sleaze city in the high contact clubs to earn decent money or working in a "second tier" neighborhood club for peanuts.

Similar Threads

  1. Oscar predictions
    By Madcap in forum The Lounge
    Replies: 11
    Last Post: 02-24-2008, 10:35 PM
  2. Predictions for next year
    By Elusive21 in forum The Lounge
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 01-13-2008, 10:32 AM
  3. 10 predictions for 2008
    By Melonie in forum Dollar Den
    Replies: 13
    Last Post: 01-02-2008, 02:42 PM
  4. Replies: 1
    Last Post: 05-29-2007, 05:44 AM
  5. Oscar Predictions
    By supermaruchi in forum The Lounge
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 10-29-2006, 07:58 AM

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •