The lies men tell themselves about prostitution and strippers.

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16. Not always lies

I befriended a stripper (outside the strip club) while I was in grad school, and she was in vet school. She and her roommate both stripped just part of the year and made enough to attend college, rent a nice house, and drive pretty modern cars. At one point, they were considering looking at working at clubs in other cities or doing private parties and asked me to come along with them to feel safe and asked me about being their bodyguard if they did parties. Ultimately, they decided on neither which is good because while I'm a big guy, I'm probably not the bodyguard type.

I remember the school paper did an article on students that stripped (mainly because of the hubbub it created on campus). They were mentioned in it saying that it was easy work, only had to be done a few nights a week, got them more money than other jobs, and ultimately wasn't sexual for them after a while because they said they would think about what laundry they needed to do, etc. while whirling around the pole.

I'm not saying it's like this for everyone, but much like my friend's costumes, your blanket statement in this case doesn't cover everything.

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