joefromchicago wrote:
The only reason, it seems to me, that we place special emphasis on the unique degradation suffered by strippers -- rather than, say, on the commonplace degradation suffered by the average retail worker -- is because a stripper's job involves sexual titillation. That, however, leaves me baffled. Why does a job involving sex degrade someone more than, for instance, a job serving fast food or selling kitchen appliances?
Lack of self respect is not limited to stripping. I don't think strippers are bad people or that they are some how less human. I think they should have the right to do it if they want to do it. We all should be allowed to use our bodies the way we see fit. They are, after all, our own.
However, on that note, our bodies are also the only thing we get that is totally and completely ours and to think that the only way you can succeed at something is to sell (or rent) your person is sad. Like I said, most of the girls I've known who are strippers don't do it because they like it. They do it because it brings in lots of money fast. Can you fault them? No, I suppose not.
If they were just stripping, it might be one thing. The human body can be extremely beautiful and we are sexual in nature. But far too many strippers act as prostitiutes and cross the line to make an extra buck. And that to me says a lot about how you view yourself.
What it comes down to for me, is if you are willing to rent out the one thing in life we get to keep completely to ourselves and can actually put a price on it, you might have some issues with the value of your self.
Anyone can learn to be an accountant or a McDonalds worker. No one can ever be
me. And I personally see enough value in myself to not be able to even put a price on what is mine.
Make sense?
