
Originally Posted by
PhillyDancer1982
Yeah it is annoying when customers think it is impossible for dancers to be Christian. Ever think that the reason most of us are dancing, is because it's one of the only ways to pay the bills? Maybe I think that stiffing people(such as my landlord for rent, the car repair that my mechanically inclined friend is doing on my car, etc) is "immoral." Maybe I would rather dance and be able to pay my bills, support myself independently, maintain good credit, etc...than to be an unemployed bum, taking up welfare money or stiffing people or mooching off my father's household until the age of 50. Then again, maybe I would rather dance to pay my bills, than resort to what *I* consider to be immoral modes of earning money...such as theft, identity fraud, drug dealing, prostitution, assisting the mafia, etc. There are much worse jobs out there! At least dancing is a LEGAL profession!(as long as you play by the rules, such as abstaining from extras and reporting taxes)
And speaking of immoral...well, aren't the government, big businesses, and usurious creditors performing immoral practices that make it nearly impossible to afford costs of living unless you're lucky enough to have a decent career, or unless you strip? Look at how many years it's been since the federal minimum wage has been raised...9 full years. Look at how Bush is prioritizing the war overseas more than taking care of our country's own people, such as what happened this time last year during Hurricane Katrina. Look at how high inflation is going, how high utility companies keep raising rates, how much money credit card companies make off people in interest/fees, etc. Look at how high college tuition keeps rising each year(e.g., my college raised tuition $3,000/yr but refused to increase scholarships or available aide!), yet they put in little or no effort to help us find jobs after college. All of these practices are EXTREMELY immoral, much more so than an innocent vulnerable girl stripping to keep a roof over her head! I read that to be an independent bachelor/bachelorette living comfortably, requires an average salary of $40,000/yr...considering that costs of living in my area of Philly is higher than the US average, for my area it would probably take $50,000/yr to live comfortably. It is so hard to live independently and make bills if you don't have the credentials/experience/luck to land a job that pays significantly better than min wage! Sorry for the long rant about government/economy, but I am sick of those conservative "R"s who preach about God and how immoral stripping is...yet they run the big businesses(such as Wal-Mart!) that contribute to inflation, higher costs of living, abusively low wages for their employees, etc. It is so hypocritical!
What is so "un-Christianlike" about dancing, anyway? There is nothing wrong with the human body...look at famous artworks that emphasize the human form, such as Michaelangelo's David statue! What is immoral about dancing, is perhaps the emphasis on booze/intoxication(being that most strip clubs serve alcohol) or strip clubs being built around the concept of lust. OK, so lust is un-Christianlike. But so is premaritial sex, singers on MTV parading in sexy revealing clothing, and many other things that people disregard and don't even think of to be as "immoral" as they'd view dancing. In my opinion, the one thing that I find immoral about the strip club industry is the emphasis on hard-selling/hustling techniques and trying to get every penny we can outta the customers. I find the hustling at strip clubs to be as pressuring as the tactics used by used car salesmen. But then again, a lot of the guys that enter the strip clubs know what the clubs are about before they enter, so they're consciously making the choice to enter an expensive environment.
Here is my personal experience with dancing vs. morals: I actually became a more moral, responsible person AFTER I started dancing. Before dancing, admittedly I indulged in partying, drug use, excessive drinking, promiscuity, etc. I was unhappy with the direction that my life was going, mostly because I wasn't making enough money to support myself, so I would blow the measly amount of money I made on partying/alcohol. As a result, I was disrespectful at times to my parents' property, such as the time that I left an empty liquor bottle in my dad's truck, or sneaking friends into their house. When I started dancing, I didn't really have any time for partying lol because I was working on all the nights that people generally go out to bars and get loaded. I also no longer had a "need" to party and fill that void in my life, if I was happily earning money and able to actually support myself. I used dancing to dig myself out of a deep hole and I did this by following the rules and avoiding things like extras or on-the-job drug use. I think dancing can be moral, depending on how the dancer carries herself! And since I've began dancing, I started going to church again and trying to be nicer to people.
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