Just curious, why do you think they're all on drugs? Most of the strippers I've ever seen (I'm a woman, and I have been to a few clubs with guy friends out of morbid curiosity) were in far too good of shape to make me think they were abusing their bodies with drugs. I knew a girl in high school who went on to be a stripper and she was actually doing it to avoid going on welfare so she could feed her child. She certainly wasn't on drugs. She made more money stripping than my fat butt made sitting in an office as a temp during college, that's for sure.
Last I heard she was working as a nurse.
She sounds like an exception to me (and I am glad that she got out of the business).
Yes, it is a generalization re drug use. This does not mean it is not generally true though.
A "Gentlemen's" Clubs is a business. A brutal, cynical and sometimes dangerous business. Their "business plan" is more of the same. Here is how it works.
Owner: Usually involved with organized crime (if not an actual participant) & also a place where it is easy to gain access to illegal drugs. The owner also generally runs an escort service with his "professionals".
The owner has a core group of "professionals" (i.e. experienced dancers who have worked the circuit and/or entertain high rollers). These ladies are responsible for bringing the "new girls" up to speed. Most of these new girls are single mothers, have no job skills, have no family (or are alienated from them) & thus are easy prey. These "new girls" are "mentored" by the experienced dancers and very frequently drugs are supplied to the new girls to keep them from getting "nerves" onstage. Once they are hooked on the drugs, they are trapped in the lifestyle and usually "graduate" to full blown prostitution (call it an Escort service if you like, but I accept that it means the same thing as prostitution).
Make no mistake, the "new girls" are the victims of the whole thing & obviously provide the primary revenue stream for the Owners. I usually have issues with the whole "victimization mentality". But, in this specific case, victim is a good descriptor IMO.
The idea that is put about by some that these exotic dancers are Independent owner/operators (and somehow Feminist
) who bravely make the best of a bad situation by selling their body on a temporary basis with no more effect to their emotional & physical well being than a cashier position at
Walmart is a profoundly cynical argument that should be rejected out of hand.
I work in the Energy Industry. A lot of the "Old-timers" in my line of work frequent these "Gentlemen" Clubs. As recently as 10 yrs ago, there was an expectation on the Sales side (domestic and intl) that much client entertainment would take place at these kinds of places. Happily, this has changed over time (at least it has in the US- other countries- a mixed bag), and it is now more the exception than the rule and perfectly accepable to suggest that we go elsewhere (which is my preference).
Long story short. Not only are there real deal "Boom Boom Rooms" at these clubs, there is rampant drug use at the same clubs.
If you think I am off-base with my opinions, ask a friend or family member in law enforcement with knowledge of these kinds of clubs and see what they say.
Regards & JMO
I have to tell you, that bolded sentence makes me nauseous
