Week 12: Strip Club: Can You Pay My Bills?
In today’s society, I think most children between the ages of 8 to 15 would come to learn about sex industry, and obtain an adequate understanding of that market within a year. Personally, I learned about the sex industry when I was 12 years old. When I first learned about the sex industry, I thought it was a fairly easy job. Porn stars got paid to have sex. Strippers were thrown lots of money by horny men or women who lusted for their body. Prostitution/escorts only had to fear obtaining an STD, but got a free day to pretend be something for big bucks. However, I come to realize that my first impressions would create a very naïve perspective on that industry. The book that we were assigned to read this week titled Strip …show more content…
There are lots of reasons for strippers to hide their real name, but one of the biggest ones is that if they ever got identified consequences like social degradation, sexual abuse, or abduction could happen to them. For example, I had a friend who was a stripper for a little over 4 months. She thought it empowered her, and made her feel sexy. She enjoyed teasing the men who watched her do her stunts. However, she would abruptly stop because of lectures from her parents that made her worthless. In addition, her friends knew about her job as a stripper, and made her feel like an outcast of the group. From my perspective, her friends seemed to unconsciously isolate her. I would never ask her friends, but I could see that she went through a very rough time. In addition, Kim Price-Glynn did have interviews with a couple of the staff at The Lion’s Den, and they pretty much echoed my friend’s parents sentiments about the possible stigma that comes with working as a stripper. However, some did comment that they believe as side job is was ok, but as a main source of income it might be crossing the
In today’s society, I think most children between the ages of 8 to 15 would come to learn about sex industry, and obtain an adequate understanding of that market within a year. Personally, I learned about the sex industry when I was 12 years old. When I first learned about the sex industry, I thought it was a fairly easy job. Porn stars got paid to have sex. Strippers were thrown lots of money by horny men or women who lusted for their body. Prostitution/escorts only had to fear obtaining an STD, but got a free day to pretend be something for big bucks. However, I come to realize that my first impressions would create a very naïve perspective on that industry. The book that we were assigned to read this week titled Strip …show more content…
There are lots of reasons for strippers to hide their real name, but one of the biggest ones is that if they ever got identified consequences like social degradation, sexual abuse, or abduction could happen to them. For example, I had a friend who was a stripper for a little over 4 months. She thought it empowered her, and made her feel sexy. She enjoyed teasing the men who watched her do her stunts. However, she would abruptly stop because of lectures from her parents that made her worthless. In addition, her friends knew about her job as a stripper, and made her feel like an outcast of the group. From my perspective, her friends seemed to unconsciously isolate her. I would never ask her friends, but I could see that she went through a very rough time. In addition, Kim Price-Glynn did have interviews with a couple of the staff at The Lion’s Den, and they pretty much echoed my friend’s parents sentiments about the possible stigma that comes with working as a stripper. However, some did comment that they believe as side job is was ok, but as a main source of income it might be crossing the