Posted on 07/16/2008 5:14:26 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3
ToughTimes, Tough Decisions (MATURE CONTENT)
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - During these tough economic times, many people are struggling to make ends meet. The city's housing market is in a slump, gas and food prices are rising, and some say it's either sink or swim. Now, some women are going to great lengths to make some extra cash right in Baton Rouge.
It's a fantasy, an escape for some attempting to close off the outside world. However, for the women inside who are barely clothed and strapped into high heels, exotic dancing can be a way to survive. "All of my bills were getting to be too much, especially when gas started going up," says one woman, who'll be referred to as Amber throughout the report to protect her identity.
With the average price of gasoline in these parts at an all-time high of $4.00 per gallon, and food costs rising, some women are entering the world of adult entertainment. This world of quick cash is nothing new to Amber. She stripped for three years in local clubs, but took a break after finding out she was pregnant. She then got back into the profession shortly after gas prices started rising and feeding her child got difficult. "Honestly, there are some days where I just don't eat because I can't afford to go buy food. Especially when it comes to diapers or milk, oh my God."
Amber says she's heard stories of men attempting to rape dancers in the VIP room of some clubs and women being drugged. She admits that climbing the stripper poles can be rough, but in these trying times, some women feel that for them, exotic dancing is the way to go. "It's harder. Someone looking up to you. But you know you're doing it for a better cause."
Amber says she is currently in school. She says she knows quite a few women who have recently turned to exotic dancing in order to either pay their bills, get through school, or take care of their children.
No words.
Say what you want about the work, but at least she’s not on welfare.
GIVE ME A BREAK !!!
That was awesome! (I probably got a virus now)
guess it beats working for a living...
awesome pole dancer! she sure has a strong grip LOL
bump for a later read
In my younger says, I put many of these girls through “college”. I think I still love those girls.
More sex workers.
I doubt there's much of a market for pregnant strippers. I'm assuming she just recently "got her body back" and can make money.
Pole dancing—as in the mazurka, the warszawianka, and the Polish polka?
My US Postal carrier had a side job a few years ago. She worked as a stripper for three years and paid off a $350K home up the street from us. I ain’t knocking her. Her husband worked all day and babysat in the evenings while she was at her other job.
They’ll probably retire when they’re 45.
You know 'the stripper myth.' The stripper myth is: 'I'm stripping to pay my tuition.' No you're not! There's no strippers in college! There's no clear heels in biology! S***, I didn't know they had a college that only took one-dollar bills. If they've got so many strippers in college, how come I never got a smart lap dance? I never got a girl that sat on my lap and said 'if I was you, I would diversify my portfolio. You know, ever since the end of the Cold War, I find NATO obsolete.' I haven't met her yet. If I do, she's gonna get a big tip.
Let me get this right. These women are entering into the adult entertainment industry because the economy is so bad that they can’t make ends meet. Is that correct?
Ok, then, but what about their customers? If the economy is so bad where are they getting the money to buy the overpriced drinks one finds in these kinds of joints; the money to stick into the dancer’s bikini bottoms; the lap dances and such. (Or at least that is what I understand goes on in these bars, after listening to people who go to them. Which doesn’t include me. Heck no).
Seriously, though, if these women are having such a struggle in this economy, where are their customers coming from?
I’m considering taking up pole dancing.
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