Working in clubs for eight months, I've met a lot of girls who have really screwed up attitudes towards guys. You know, hand jobs in the back room, cheating on their guys, fucking around etc. I've written about it and received a lot of feedback saying; 'thank you for highlighting the sex abuse prevalent amongst the stripper community'.
Erm - what?
Personally, I don't think a career as a stripper immediately qualifies you as a candidate for rape, child abuse or any other horrors, but a lot of people seem to think so. There are so many stories out there which report that stripping necessarily leads to prostitution. It annoys me. But then, I've never asked the girls I've worked with if they've ever been abused.
A victim of abuse recently emailed me to ask me to cover a story on this topic more intensively. But I feel, what with the attempts by dancers to gain respect for the industry and unionisation etc, to cover a story about 'sex abuse victims who are strippers' is possibly detrimental to the industry and the image we try to project, especially those of us who don't like giving 'extras'.
What do you think? I'm interested. I've done some stupid shit in my life, I've probaly slept around more than most, I've had some nasty experiences with guys, and I have had a very nasty experience with management in one club I worked in. But I don't consider myself 'sex-abused'. Is porn an industry which attracts those who are 'sex abused' in their past?
Any feedback appreciated.







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