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GuitarDaddy

Lifer
Nov 9, 2004
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Originally posted by: cherrytwist
Some are exhibitionists (though it's rare).
Some have no other means to make nearly as much money doing something else (the majority).
Some are addicts/alcoholics and need drug money.
Some are actually putting their way through college (my wife did this for a few years when she was younger, again very rare).
A LOT are single moms who've made bad life decisions and need to support them somehow.


They are just people *shrug*.

Your username would make a great stripper name:)
 

acemcmac

Lifer
Mar 31, 2003
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Originally posted by: cherrytwist
Some are actually putting their way through college (my wife did this for a few years when she was younger, again very rare).

<neo> woah! </neo>
 
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Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: acemcmac
it can't really pay that well... does it? At least, the day shift can't pay that well...

I thought the low end was 100K.

The nicest car in the parking lot of the strip club at the end of the street is a V6 mustang....

It can't be that high... unless you're in a white collar part of town or in a nightclub district where there's a lot of money sloshing around...

I think about it every time I drive to and from our data center since I have to go by the strip club...

You can't make a judgement like that.

Here's how the stripper game works. (In Alaska anyway)

The strippers work a circuit. The clubs have arrangements with other clubs in other states and they arrange for the girls to move from club to club and state to state. (Fresh faces make more money - so it's a good business arrangement for the girls) While they are in a specific city the club owner usually has some sort of dorm set up for the girls to stay at. Transportation (if needed) is usually provided by the club or by some sap the dancer happens to be "dating." So no car is needed. When their "tour" is up at one club they transfer to the next club.

There are always some local girls that never leave but they don't usually last long.

The story is different for the Grade A "gentlemen's clubs" but making it into one of those clubs is like getting called up from the minor leagues in baseball.

A friend of mine used to date a LOT of strippers.
 
Jul 1, 2000
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Originally posted by: MisterJackson
Yeah, it's kinda sad actually. Honestly I never liked going to the strip club because most of them had the same base sad story with different variations. Personally, I hate that we live in a world where a woman feels like that's her only option.

Strippers are usually two types, those that are in it because they have no other option and those are usually on drugs, not very smart, and likely have been sexually abused at some point in their lives.

then there are the smart ones who just know that they have a great body and can use that as a means to an end (school, house, etc.).

You must be going to the worst tittie bar on the planet. None of the "manual penile satisfaction engineers" that I have dealt with have ever shared a sob story. Au contraire - they are all studying to be lawyers or doctors.

When they are doing drugs, it is to offset the alcohol that they consume during a shift.

You are totally wrong about strippers. There are 2 types - the smart ones and the dumb ones.

The smart ones are the ones who don't use. The dumb ones are the ones who do.
 

krunchykrome

Lifer
Dec 28, 2003
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Originally posted by: DevilsAdvocate
Originally posted by: MisterJackson
Yeah, it's kinda sad actually. Honestly I never liked going to the strip club because most of them had the same base sad story with different variations. Personally, I hate that we live in a world where a woman feels like that's her only option.

Strippers are usually two types, those that are in it because they have no other option and those are usually on drugs, not very smart, and likely have been sexually abused at some point in their lives.

then there are the smart ones who just know that they have a great body and can use that as a means to an end (school, house, etc.).

You must be going to the worst tittie bar on the planet. None of the "manual penile satisfaction engineers" that I have dealt with have ever shared a sob story. Au contraire - they are all studying to be lawyers or doctors.

When they are doing drugs, it is to offset the alcohol that they consume during a shift.

You are totally wrong about strippers. There are 2 types - the smart ones and the dumb ones.

The smart ones are the ones who don't use. The dumb ones are the ones who do.


There are smart strippers? :confused:
 

acemcmac

Lifer
Mar 31, 2003
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Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: acemcmac
it can't really pay that well... does it? At least, the day shift can't pay that well...

I thought the low end was 100K.

The nicest car in the parking lot of the strip club at the end of the street is a V6 mustang....

It can't be that high... unless you're in a white collar part of town or in a nightclub district where there's a lot of money sloshing around...

I think about it every time I drive to and from our data center since I have to go by the strip club...

You can't make a judgement like that.

Here's how the stripper game works. (In Alaska anyway)

The strippers work a circuit. The clubs have arrangements with other clubs in other states and they arrange for the girls to move from club to club and state to state. (Fresh faces make more money - so it's a good business arrangement for the girls) While they are in a specific city the club owner usually has some sort of dorm set up for the girls to stay at. Transportation (if needed) is usually provided by the club or by some sap the dancer happens to be "dating." So no car is needed. When their "tour" is up at one club they transfer to the next club.

There are always some local girls that never leave but they don't usually last long.

The story is different for the Grade A "gentlemen's clubs" but making it into one of those clubs is like getting called up from the minor leagues in baseball.

A friend of mine used to date a LOT of strippers.

very interesting
 

Platypus

Lifer
Apr 26, 2001
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Originally posted by: pontifex
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: pontifex
Originally posted by: Platypus
low self-esteem, no education, good pay.

trifecta.

actually, wouldn't you have to have somewhat high self esteem to get naked and dance for a bunch of guys?
Nope.

must be different kinds of low self-esteem then because i don't like doing anything in public and i'm fully clothed.


Think about it like this.. not all but a large majority of women in this profession had broken homes, probably treated like dirt by a father or boyfriend and have an abuse mentality. Turning a guy on, making him completely focused on what you're doing, the way you have complete control over him is a sense of power that cannot quenched, it's a little piece of sanity back each time it happens; a little piece they take back. If these women had higher self worth they wouldn't be subjecting themselves and degrading themselves for money and other people's amusement. One of my friend's sister was a stripper for a while, fit the m.o. I painted above perfectly. She told me she didn't think she was good enough at anything else to be successful. It's definetly an issue of low self esteem.

I'm not saying it's wrong.. hell it's your body you should be able to do whatever the hell you want with it but I'm trying to illustrate a point here.
 

Specop 007

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Jan 31, 2005
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You can bet if I had a nice set of tits I'd strip, without a doubt.

Think about it. We bust our asses in 4-8 years of college and slave away in the office to hit 100k a year.
These girls can make that working essentially part time and get to have drinks bought for them while they do it, and have to spend no time at college and not have to work obscene hours.
 

Drakkon

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Aug 14, 2001
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The club i go to on occasion seems to have a mix, but really its the ones that enjoy it and make it a profession. I never have gotten it but from when i talk to them the most profound ones are the girls that are trying to break into the porno industry. my fav has been a girl that is into the bondage/fetish stuff and she actually enjoys what she does mainly cause she gets to beat up on guys. shes actually modeled for a couple sites, done a couple vids, but she loves the dancing cause it allows her to embaresss guys on a grand scale.
Another girl travels the country, each place garnering a few different opportunities. i found it pretty interesting as from what she tells me been to small clubs in vegas, texas, atlanta, and like mentioned above they kinda "trade" her around (she gets to choose though) and they pay for travel, put her up in houses, etc.
 

BoberFett

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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My wife makes more working 20 hours a week than I've ever made at a "real" job. Granted, it's not a career, just something she wanted to do for a while instead of wasting her life in a cubicle. If I could get paid hundreds of dollars an hour to drink champagne and take my clothes off, I would. Too bad nobody wants to see me naked.
 

krunchykrome

Lifer
Dec 28, 2003
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Originally posted by: Soccerman06
So a 6 figure job isnt enough to aspire to eh?

Sure, strippers and porn actresses can make good money. But do they get any respect or credibility, nope.
 

cKGunslinger

Lifer
Nov 29, 1999
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Originally posted by: BoberFett
My wife makes more working 20 hours a week than I've ever made at a "real" job. Granted, it's not a career, just something she wanted to do for a while instead of wasting her life in a cubicle. If I could get paid hundreds of dollars an hour to drink champagne and take my clothes off, I would. Too bad nobody wants to see me naked.

Don't speak so soon, sailor! :lips:
 

cKGunslinger

Lifer
Nov 29, 1999
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Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Originally posted by: Soccerman06
So a 6 figure job isnt enough to aspire to eh?

Sure, strippers and porn actresses can make good money. But do they get any respect or credibility, nope.

How many car dealerships and mortgage lenders ask to see a copy of your Respect and Credibility? :D
 

EngenZerO

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Dec 24, 2001
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Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: EngenZerO
i would love to date a stripper...

just curious- why do you say that?

i dont know... maybe its because the girl that i did like in high school ended up stripping to pay for college (or so thats what she said)... i always had the hots for her but she always ended up dating d-bags... it was funny though, when me and my buddies ran into her @ the strip club... she was embarrased... oh well... never knew what happened to her...
 

krunchykrome

Lifer
Dec 28, 2003
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Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Originally posted by: Soccerman06
So a 6 figure job isnt enough to aspire to eh?

Sure, strippers and porn actresses can make good money. But do they get any respect or credibility, nope.

How many car dealerships and mortgage lenders ask to see a copy of your Respect and Credibility? :D

None, in fact, they'd probably get a better deal if they're hot. But Im talking about repect and credibility among working proffesionals. Not car salesmen.

No offense to any of you who are in that business. I think Waggy said his family was in the car sales business. This only applies to the sleazy dealerships.