I've been thinking about this since the 20/20 debacle, and various other news pieces about "the exotic dancing industry."
I don't like stripping being portrayed as a thin front for prostitution [pieces saying "What really goes on - blowjobs for crack!" or as "prostitution-lite" with women being sexually exploited - pieces about how women only do this because they are forced into by economic hardship [brought on by having a pile of kids and a drug habit] and they hate it and all men, but they have to do it. I'm sure there are women that feel that way, but the vast majority of dancers I've met don't feel that way.
On the other hand, I don't want the industry to be portrayed as "looky girls, you can make $5000 tax-free a night by shaking your booty on stage - you don't even have to be naked!" Remember that "career speaker" at the middle school telling them that as a stripper you started at 250k a year, with an extra 50k per cup-size above a C-cup?
Now, I doubt there are going to be any big TV/print specials coming up saying: "Stripping will make you more than Wal-Mart, but with current legislation pending and more supply than demand, you'll be lucky to make that much!"
What kind of things would you like to see? Or would you rather you didn't see anything, and shows like "G-String Divas" or books like "Stripper Shoes" were never made?



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