I usually refer to them as dancers because I think that is more respectful but I don't think it really matters as long as you spend money on them they don't care what you call them.
I call them dancers as well, for the same reasons as Samsung1. Just like I don't refer to escorts as prostitutes, or in a more degrogatory manner as whores.
I go with dancer since that's how I hear them refer to each other. (BTW, I'm surprised we haven't seen the obligatory "all strippers are whores so that's what I call them" post yet).
One club I go to is a bikini club, and they never take off any clothes, so it would be highly incorrect to call them strippers. I like the term "dancer" because it is more neutral. There are a lot of different kinds of dancers - ballet, Broadway, Bikini, Gentlemen's Club, Sleaze Club, etc.
Dancer. Most of the ones I meet, especially the young ones, prefer the term. There is one girl at my favorite club who calls herself a stripper---but she's a real stripper. She wears costumes and puts on a performance.
If I'm trying to get some nice mileage, she's an "adult entertainer".
If I'm trying to get rid of her, she's a stripper.
Most any other situation, she's a dancer.
Both about equally, around here people don't get too far into the different shades of meaning so the terms are interchangeable. Stripper is not derogatory, my favorite also calls herself a stripper.
As a verb I hear "dancing" much more often than "stripping" - as in "she quit dancing".
chandler, I have wondered about FONDL also. He would be in his late 70's now, so may be gone. I have a photo of he and his retired ATF on a sail boat on Tampa Bay.
BaddJack, do you also request frottage from your ecdysiasts? I have referred to a SC as a 'Frottagerie'.
Main Entry: frot·tage
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from frotter to rub
Date: 1935
1 : the technique of creating a design by rubbing (as with a pencil) over an object placed underneath the paper; also : a composition so made
2 : the act of obtaining sexual stimulation by rubbing against a person or object
I DO request frottage. I also request partialism. I love the word "frottagerie" and will try to incorporate it in my future trips to see the Local Folk Dancing.
I'm in general agreement. If I like someone I'll probably refer to her more as a dancer since the word stripper seems a bit more derogatory at least among some dancers I've talked to. I'm not sure if most still feel that way or not. Some don't care but you never know when someone might be offended. I believe a dancer corrected me a long time ago and told me she didn't call herself a stripper, she was an exotic dancer. Sometimes I wonder if they would rather be called a social worker. They entertain and interact with a lot of people some of whom may be single sometimes lonely guys who desire some female interaction.
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They then ask what that means.
Then I tell them.
Most of them laugh, the bitches demand that I take it back and call them erotic artists.
ecdysiasts = n. A striptease artist. [From ecdysis.] ecdysiast. a strip tease dancer
First Lady Marilyn Whitmore: So, what do you do for a living?
Jasmine Dubrow: I'm a dancer.
Whitmore: Ah, the ballet...
Jasmine: No, exotic.
If I'm trying to get rid of her, she's a stripper.
Most any other situation, she's a dancer.
From 4 years ago: http://www.tuscl.net/dt.php?DID=15783
From 2 years ago: http://www.tuscl.net/dt.php?DID=39217
I like how FONDL did a 180 between the two. I wonder whatever happened to him? Hope he's alright.
As a verb I hear "dancing" much more often than "stripping" - as in "she quit dancing".
Main Entry: frot·tage
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from frotter to rub
Date: 1935
1 : the technique of creating a design by rubbing (as with a pencil) over an object placed underneath the paper; also : a composition so made
2 : the act of obtaining sexual stimulation by rubbing against a person or object