"If anything, the girls feel that they are exploiting the punters"

Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2008-10-08 00:02

Article here. So much for the "she has no other option" line. Excerpt:

'...Dancers pay the club a fee to use their premises. After that, essentially, they are self-employed and can earn anything from £20 to £400 in a night. Girls say that the financial security counters any feminist argument against stripping. ... Some girls, though not many, are paying their way through university. Others are single mothers, supplementing a wage. Younger girls do it for the extra cash and party lifestyle.

Zoe, 22, has been dancing for five years....“I have never had a job where I've felt so empowered,” she says. “I've just got myself through university, I've got my own car, my own house."

...If anything, the girls feel that they are exploiting the punters. “I just think more fool the man because he's paying me to flippin' dance in front of him,” laughs Fiona. She and the girls clearly enjoy each other's company. “It's fun being a girl in this job,” says Zoe. “We get to go to events. We get to go to clubs for free, we have our nails done. It's very girlie, and it is all about the female bonding.”'

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Women become empowered, make money, and lose respect for men; what else is new? I have heard that there is extortion, and forced prostitution in some areas in these clubs. I have also heard that the female bonding that was mentioned is a little more than that. Something called the sisterhood, lesbians that like fleecing men. All that power, all that money.

David A. DeLong

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Submitted by David A. DeLong on Wed, 2008-10-08 14:55