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In reply to the discussion: Is stripping also violence? [View all]lildreamer316
(14,803 posts)Of course having been an exotic entertainer for 14 years, I have had a lot of male friends in the biz who stripped. It is WAYYY harder for them.
The standards for touching and grabbing in a male strip club are non-existent. The women are allowed to grab, smack, pull, kiss and etc. at ANY time on any man, anywhere. And they do, with impunity.
Male strippers work four times as hard as female strippers at the same job. Now, they also usually make twice or three times the money on average per show/night than a female entertainer. But the men I knew had a burnout problem. Most of them could do it for 5 to 7 years, and then they would either never want to do it again, or would take a loooooong break.The format for a male strip show or in a club is much more demanding than for their female counterparts; requiring a 'theme' every time they appear on stage; including full costumes and props. Couch and table dances do exist just as they do in a female club,but these are often only squeezed in between costume changes for the next stage show. If I recall correctly, on a typical night a dancer performs between 2-5 shows.