If you're willing to reciprocate by giving every dancer you talk to your full real name and place of business, I'll consider the merits of what you're saying. However, I think a performer has every right to use a stage name for whatever reason she chooses. Same goes for writers, news anchors, and former gay escorts posing as White House reporters.
By the way, I have always used my real name at work, and your attitude is still highly offensive. What makes you think you're entitled to ask personal and possibly endangering questions of people you've just met? Would you act similarly towards your hypothetical other professionals (So, Doctor, what's your address?) And for that matter, how do you know your masseuse's "real name" is Maia? The name anyone chooses to give you is the name he or she wishes to be known by, and you should respect that. It is certainly your choice to spend your money on a dancer who you believe has given you her "real" name, but obviously the majority of customers don't feel that need. Or that needy.



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Now any fool could've seen I was with my grandparents and it was completely inappropriate for him to do that. Thanks to the use of that stage name, I simply pretended not to know him and that he must have had me mistaken with someone else. Most of our families and friends don't approve of what we do, and a large majority of us keep it secret for that reason. A stage name is a good way to help cover ourselves. WHY ON EARTH would we automatically assume some guy we JUST met could be trusted not to act stupidly in public later on, and just automatically give out our real names?




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