Socio-Economic Class And The SC World
In a very cheeky comment in another discussion thread steve229 consigned me to the trailer trash working class tier of society. By upbringing and temperment I am most definitely blue collar working class. My current income level may now assign me a different class in society. In the SC world, my experience suggests that few dancers come from the upper stratum of society. Somehow, I just can not imagine myself groping a blue blooded heiress in a SC VIP for $20/song.
In a variation of the upscale/downscale club discussion thread currently running on the board, where do you position yourself in society's class structure?
In a variation of the upscale/downscale club discussion thread currently running on the board, where do you position yourself in society's class structure?
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I *prefer* jeans and a t-shirt, and I'll sit around in my underwear at home. My scruffy cowboy boots are way more comfortable than any shoes I've ever had to wear, though I'm a shorts and sandals guy in the summer. I will admit to preferring scotch and bourbon over beer and whiskey, but I'm not inclined to apologize for that.
The valet is on to me though. My car is cool, just the the upper class kind of cool. Oh and rich people don't really drive there cars like the middle class does.
Who knew an off-hand reference to Cheez Whiz would ignite a class war on TUSCL? Sheesh!
Art's question got me thinking about dancers' socio-economic class. I've been surprised at times by strippers' ignorance and values, but strippers come primarily from poor and uneducated communities. They're products of their backgrounds. Dancing is the best job most of these girls can get, and they support themselves and their families by their work. I should be less judgmental.
As a saying goes: You can take a boy out of the (blank), but you can't take the (blank) out of a boy.
It wasn't until I went to college and took a freshman Sociology class and the textbook described the various socio-economic classes that I realized we were probably "middle lower-class".
Huh. Who knew? It took a textbook authored by a PhD. sociologist to tell me that I wasn't as well off I thought I was.
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But getting back to strippers - of all the ones that I know about their personal lives growing up, EVERY ONE, and I mean every one, came from a single parent background. That has to hold some significance.
That said, I agree that it's extremely rare to meet at truly wealthy stripper. Yes, they make a lot of money. But the dancers I've come to know, like my ATF, spend it all just as quickly. Whether it's single-mom duties or drunken, drug-filled benders (or both), it seems to disappear quickly. And even though I think my ATF is really smart, she's always "broke," despite being what I think is one of the top earners at her club.
The luckiest ones are those who can control their impulse spending, put something away for a rainy day (or retirement), and get out of the game before they're too old to be dancing any more.
As far as strippers with money go, I know exactly one stripper who comes from money. She comes from old money, railroad money. The rest could easily be considered trailer trash. I do know a few who live lives that correlate with their income, meaning they do things like own their home and drive a new car.