A) My Pandora has switched to "Barb" - Bonnie Raitt and Mary Chapin Carpenter. And, oddly, the Bonnie Raitt song is "I Will Not Be Broken" - an omen for Zenkitty.

B) This thought: women who think strippers are trying to sleep with their men is HIGH-larious. From what I've been told, the stripper on your husband's lap or in his face right now is there a) because he had dollars in his hand and 2) is likely thinking about her errands tomorrow afternoon.

Wow, Zenkitty. Your current boss is quite the asshat.

2) is likely thinking about her errands tomorrow afternoon.

"How long til this song ends? Damn, my feet hurt. Does this dude know what deodorant is?"

My boss actually said this morning, and I quote, "I'm going to break you. I'm going to break you like a horse."

That's perfectly appalling. Can I ask what the context was?

My boss actually said this morning, and I quote, "I'm going to break you. I'm going to break you like a horse."

Wow. My bosses do some shit that Ain't Right, but nothing has come close to that.

When I was a stripper, the attitude towards the clients was mostly thinly veiled contempt. As one girl said to me "Most of them wouldn't in here if they could get a real date." There were some clients we liked, but not to date. A lot of men had really misogynistic attitudes, but our reaction was that they were paying money to be there and we were getting paid, so who was the real loser?

I felt that the atmosphere could get toxic for girls with bad boundaries--the attitude that sex was a commodity and guys were there to be relieved of as many dollars as possible was pervasive--but personally, I felt empowered. Certainly more than I did as a waitress or in several corporate jobs I have had.

Thank you for sharing your experiences as strippers, y'all. I'm kind of tickled to learn that we have so many! I love us.

My boss actually said this morning, and I quote, "I'm going to break you. I'm going to break you like a horse."

Where's WindSparrow? We need some good poetic justic.

Man, I'm getting stripper envy.

I wish my nephew's girlfriend didn't have so many other problems. Her stripping was not a good lifestyle or career for her--mostly because it led to her increasing drug use. She often invited people from the club back to their apartment to party afterwards and it led to some other problems. She was too young (18 when she started) and had too many other issues, unfortunately.

I'm ambivalent about the porn industry. I think porn is fine but unfortunately, the industry is riddled with abuse and the young people (mostly women) that are being exploited outnumber the women who are in control of their bodies, their lives and careers.

When I was a stripper, the attitude towards the clients was mostly thinly veiled contempt. As one girl said to me "Most of them wouldn't in here if they could get a real date." There were some clients we liked, but not to date.

This mostly. Also hated the guys in there for business meetings. @@~forever. But there were some ok guys. I remember one guy who was a 30-some odd year old virgin. He was nice and really geeky and would buy me gin & tonics, but order them as Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters. He gave me a going away card my last night there.

I did come away with some pretty good stories though.