How is being a stripper or gogo dancer degrading to woman?

I want to be a dancer and everyone says I bring shame to my gender, how?

I love my body and am not afraid to flaunt it.How is being a stripper or gogo dancer degrading to woman?
I went to a strip club that a friend works at, and the whole time I was thinking that it wasn't that bad, and haters were just prudes.

But then some guy was raining dollar bills on the stage, and the girls were crawling around on their hands and knees scrambling to pick all of them up.

That part seemed degrading.
It's great that you love your body, so you should try thinking of it as a diamond. Diamonds are only that valuable because they are hard to get and often, a lot of blood is shed before they get into the hands of a jeweler. If all the diamonds in the world were made easily available, they would only be worth 5 cents instead of the 5000 dollars we pay. So similarly, if you keep your body hard to get instead of flaunting it to every available man, it becomes more valuable and treasured not just by you but also by whichever man you may choose to be with one day. If you become a dancer, he might think everyone else has already seen your body so it doesn't become special to him ( a bit like visual 'sloppy seconds' )



It only brings shame to our gender because too many men out there view women as sexual objects to be owned, we don't need another one of our own becoming a mere object rather than a person to be respected and treated as an equal.How is being a stripper or gogo dancer degrading to woman?
Well im working as a stripper currently and the reason it can be degrading is some of the guys say degrading things to you and talk dirty to you because they think if youre stripping for them its ok to tlk to you like that. Ive learnt to ignore it and have a sense of humour about it.



I think im ok with doing it because i also have a college degree so i have more talents than just my body. I only started doing it at 25 because when i was younger i was too scared to - i find that being a bit more mature helps because you know how to handle difficult situations better. As for people saying it brings shame to your gender, well men will always have a need for sex and the sex industry and thats not just going to go away so in a way you are exploiting them because its good money taking advantage of men and their high sex drives - they will basically throw money at you because they cant control themselves so to speak.
it is using your body to arouse the likings of pathetic middle-aged men and is all sexual. What isn't degrading about stripping down to please somebody's (who you don't even know) pleasures? Do something that is rewarding and helps you, challenges you, that wouldn't make a guy think twice about dating you and that your mother and grandmother would approve of.How is being a stripper or gogo dancer degrading to woman?
Well it's because people tend to see you as an object and not a person. You are there to do something very specific and they don't care about your mind, personality or anything about you. Also, you're being paid for doing something sexual and there aren't many people that think it's a respectable job.



But if it's something you want to do then go for it. Although you may want to consider that you might be happier going out with your friends and showing off or stripping/dancing for a boyfriend.
You are letting men pay to watch you strip down to probabl nothing %26amp; you see nothing degrading about that ? I guess if you are comfortable with yourself go for it but don't expect to do that for the rest of your life or put it on a future resume. If you have options %26amp; can do other things to make money besides strip why not get paid for your brain instead of your body ?
the fact of the matter is you're selling yourself. you're selling a peepshow. I don't think you personally doing it is degrading to all of us, but it's certainly degrading to you! You're putting yourself into the role of an object. something to be ogled and fondled. Women should want to be respected, not lusted after. There is a distinction. Not to mention the kind of toll this can put on any relationships you have in the future. It's a safe bet that the guy that's ok with every man in the free world being able to go and see you in nothing but false eye lashes and body glitter is not a good guy, plain and simple. If he doesn't want you all to himself there's something wrong. That's not to say he should be controlling, but the simple want for you to only be nude around him is not too much to ask.



I mean, I get it, it's great to have a body that boy's worship. and I'm familiar with the tingle you get when you know a man is looking at you and thinking devious sexual thoughts. It's a rush, and you think... this could only be better on a stage, where I'm making money. But you've got to understand how that's not really what you're doing, right?



Plus, like, I know the movies show it with the girls up on stage and out of reach... that's not real life. in real life you're in that fat middle aged man's lap with his beer and pretzel breath in your face while he calls you baby and gives commands and yes, touches you. And you do it every night, hoping to make enough to live off of. And heaven forbid you get pregnant, who the hell hires pregnant dancers?



there's just so many bad facets to this career decision I could just keep going.
People don't think of strippers as women. And by people, I mean men and women.



A lot of strippers have addiction issues. Stripping is legal and you can make a lot of money doing it. It takes a lot of inner strength to be a stripper and not fall into drugs, alcohol, prostitution, and/or depression.
It makes us feel kind of slutty.