I've always wanted to visit a strip club - preferably a really nice one, a "gentlemen's" club, as it were. The linguist in me likes the ring of "gentlemen's club" far more than "strip joint" or any other form, but some would probably say that that it's the same kind of thing masquerading under a pretty euphemism. I've seen some shitty looking places (from the outside, anyway) calling themselves "gentlemen's clubs". I'm not sure any place would fit the bill of the kind of polite, upscale, yet erotically-charged place I have in mind.
Anyway, I digress. I've always wanted to go, in the main to see how the women would respond to another woman soliciting their favors. I don't think much would necessarily change, but a little bit just might; something in how they might relate to me as another woman, even one with dollar bills just like all the guys.
Relatedly, I wonder just how many men go into strip clubs and attempt to ingratiate themselves with the women by trying to come off as not like a dirty pervert who's there to drool over T&A. I don't doubt many of them mean it - certainly you do. Hell, I'd probably end up making a statement like that if I ever got my shot at going. It seems like a valid disclaimer; something polite people would do as a matter of course, a matter of trying to show respect to these girls who been made into dolls for delectation. I just wonder, if you were to ask the girls, how many times they'd tell you they hear "I'm not like those other guys" or something similar.
There's a very good book called Self-Made Man that I read last year, about a woman who convincingly makes herself up to look like a man and then sets about trying to infiltrate the "man's world" - and strip clubs are one of the places she goes. She's got a very interesting insight into strip clubs, strippers, and customers, and I think you might enjoy the read, given your own insights.
Did I ever tell you that for a stretch of about two years not too long ago, I very much wanted to be a stripper, if only for a month or two?
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Anyway, I digress. I've always wanted to go, in the main to see how the women would respond to another woman soliciting their favors. I don't think much would necessarily change, but a little bit just might; something in how they might relate to me as another woman, even one with dollar bills just like all the guys.
Relatedly, I wonder just how many men go into strip clubs and attempt to ingratiate themselves with the women by trying to come off as not like a dirty pervert who's there to drool over T&A. I don't doubt many of them mean it - certainly you do. Hell, I'd probably end up making a statement like that if I ever got my shot at going. It seems like a valid disclaimer; something polite people would do as a matter of course, a matter of trying to show respect to these girls who been made into dolls for delectation. I just wonder, if you were to ask the girls, how many times they'd tell you they hear "I'm not like those other guys" or something similar.
There's a very good book called Self-Made Man that I read last year, about a woman who convincingly makes herself up to look like a man and then sets about trying to infiltrate the "man's world" - and strip clubs are one of the places she goes. She's got a very interesting insight into strip clubs, strippers, and customers, and I think you might enjoy the read, given your own insights.
Did I ever tell you that for a stretch of about two years not too long ago, I very much wanted to be a stripper, if only for a month or two?