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Performing a little poll experiment to make a point to @PureX :
If you go to a strip club, are you expecting to have sex? Or are you aware that you're going to be tipping for drinks and tipping dancers to watch only?
Is watching dancers fun for you even if you don't get to have sex with them?
Couldn't vote in your poll because it didn't have an option, "im usually too broke/tight*** to tip the strippers but I still enjoy watching them even though i don't expect to get laid by them".Is watching dancers fun for you even if you don't get to have sex with them?
Is this an American thing or have I just had a sheltered life?
I would say if one goes to a strip club, there would be a desire or expectation for sex, though not necessarily with the entertainers, and not necessarily at the club, but perhaps after.
I don't go to a pizzeria to smell the pizza.
ETA: After consideration, I think it's also dependent on one's reason for going. I remember my elder daughter went to a strip club with friends when she turned 18. I think it was less about sex and more about the fact that she could.
If one goes in a social setting, it's less likely that there is a desire or expectation for sex. If one goes alone for the sole purpose of watching the entertainers, then it's more likely that the desire or expectation for sex is present.
I went with the first option. I'm really not interested in going to strip clubs though so I'm treating it as a hypothetical. A few of my friends at university did pole dancing and burlesque* so I'd sometimes go with them as a show of support. It still felt a little awkward at times though and I certainly didn't expect to have sex with the dancers.
There was one occasion where a venue for a metal gig hosted a strip show once the gig was over. As it happens, the strippers were also prostitutes and paying for a private "dance" involved a lot more than dancing... Nope. Not interested.
Maybe that's why some people might expect to have sex with strippers? A strip club might just be a front for a brothel, similar to some massage parlors.
*Risque perhaps but they weren't strippers.
I allegedly live in a British city. There were once two lap dancing clubs, but both are long since closed down.Maybe both? I haven’t been out of country, I’ve been to strip clubs on islands that were territories though.
I allegedly live in a British city. There were once two lap dancing clubs, but both are long since closed down.
Not a fan of strip clubs (never have been) but for various reasons I've been to a few in my day.
Mostly when entering I have some idea what type of club it is, in broad terms. Some are known for being super strict around touching, some less so.
Never really came across an expectation from those I was with that they'd get laid though. I'm sure it happens, but far as I know it's not the common outcome.
I don't think this is just my spin but lap and strip clubs have always been seen as seedy. Maybe they still have them in the big cities, but I wouldn't be surprised if not. Sorry to link to the Daily Heil:Awh, that's kind of sad
I don't think this is just my spin but lap and strip clubs have always been seen as seedy. Maybe they still have them in the big cities, but I wouldn't be surprised if not. Sorry to link to the Daily Heil:
Councils across the UK use new law to shut strip clubs | Daily Mail Online
Performing a little poll experiment to make a point to @PureX :
If you go to a strip club, are you expecting to have sex? Or are you aware that you're going to be tipping for drinks and tipping dancers to watch only?
Is watching dancers fun for you even if you don't get to have sex with them?
I'm 75; I don't remember.