Hi everyone,
Just wanted to let you know that there is a story in this month's issue of Cosmo about three different girls who got into stripping. The story is called "Why I Strip". The girls talk about how and why they got into dancing, and what they like and don't like about it.
I didn't like two things about the story. First, within the story, there is a smaller article titled "A Disturbing Connection: The dark reason some women strip." This article suggests that many strippers were sexually abused as children, and some strippers would never have gotten into stripping if it weren't for their bad childhood. I had a pretty normal childhood and I was never abused in any way. Yes, I'm sure that there are strippers who were abused as children, but there are also women with "normal" jobs that were abused as well. Articles like this piss me off; they just perpetuate the general public's stereotype of us that we all come from "screwed up" backgrounds.
Second, one of the dancers that the article talks about works at Tens in Manhattan. The article says that she can make $2000 in an 8-hour shift on a good night. Yes it's possible, but it's not the norm all over the country, especially in this economy. Hopefully girls who are not dancers don't read this article and think that all dancers make this kind of money on a regular basis, and then get into the business only to be disappointed. Dancers can make excellent money on a good night, but on a bad night we can walk out with $100 or less and the article didn't mention that. And when we do happen to make good money, you better believe we bust our ass for it!![]()





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ng: Wow!! I just got my issue of Cosmo today also and came across this article. I totally agree with every1 about the "a lot of strippers were sexually abused as children" part. I for one was not sexually abused and a majority of the dancers I've worked with have never been either. I dislike articles like this one in a main stream mag.
I will write the editor about this and I hope other dancers follow too. This is misleading to all the women out there that are whatever age. They read this thinking that they can make the BIG BUCKS by dancing. Which others have mentioned there are the ups and downs of dancing. Women will get there hopes up and them get them crushed when they figure out that its not all that its cracked up to be.
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