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Subject: Re: Male vs Female Strippers

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Michelle

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Date Posted: 20:11:28 07/04/02 Thu
In reply to: Raisinmom 's message, "Re: Male vs Female Strippers" on 19:27:01 07/04/02 Thu

>Against this background, I thought it interesting that
>Michelle mentioned college girls who turn to stripping
>because the money is so good. These educated women,
>who are stripping for economic gain, just are not
>"victims" -- they have made a decision to make money
>in a way I find sleazy, but they clearly find bearable
>(or even empowering, though I never could understand
>that). This is why I find the "victim" terminology
>for strippers to be so off; I find it patronizing to
>label people who make choices with which we don't
>agree "victims" merely because those choices seem like
>bad ones. I would much rather just call them trashy,
>or bad decision-makers, or stupid, or immature, or
>what-have-you. They made their choice, so they aren't
>victims, but that doesn't mean I agree with the choice
>and won't mock it.

But what about being "victims" of a society that does *NOT* value women workers? While men can do manual labor jobs for very good money, most women, without education or experience, can make very little. Therefore, some of these women *are* victims- while others are just slutty whores.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Male vs Female Strippers	Raisinmom	04:27:17 07/05/02 Fri

Re: Male vs Female Strippers	Siannach	17:34:17 07/05/02 Fri