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In reply to the discussion: Stripper Posts Picture Of Night's Tips To Reddit; Internet Asks, 'Where Do We Sign Up?' [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)A pretty woman could get a job as a receptionist, personal assistant, things like that. They don't pay squat, but they do have something stripping doesn't have: benefits. Office workers usually get 401k contributions, health insurance, paid days off for personal and vacation, shorter working hours. And then there's of course the opportunity to meet a man who makes a good living, and there's no morality issue. A man who makes a good living isn't likely to get seriously involved with a stripper.
Depends on what a person wants in life. If she wants a stable home life, kids, a house...stripping isn't a lifestyle that leads to those things usually, I think.
You can only do stripping for a certain number of years, like an athlete. And then what? I saw a documentary of a stripper once. She'd been a stripper in some foreign country. It messed her up in the head and gave her a not so good view of men and life in general. It's a seamy side of life, and men who leer and drool over strippers aren't always nice men. They don't view strippers as "decent" women or worthy of consideration. Some strippers, if they're young, are into their appearance and aren't jaded yet, but this woman in teh documentary...she was really messed up in the head from the years of interacting with that side of life. Then you're tossed aside when your body's not so good any more.