Why So Few Asians?
jerikson40
New York
It's a general phenomenon that seems to be true no matter what strip club in the US you attend (with a small number of exceptions, of course). There are generally very few Asian girls working as strippers. VERY few. And I'm not sure why. And I'm sure nobody here has a clue either, but that won't stop everyone from acting like they know the answer....
Anyway, I'm very partial to Asians. Except for Japanese-looking girls, who I find to be too pale, with uninteresting faces. But I do like those "import model" types and southeast Asian/Cambodian/Thai/Polynesian girls with darker skin and perhaps a slightly 'harder' appearance.
Whatever...
You just don't see many Asian girls as strippers, and for me that really sucks.
Why is it true? Personally, I think it's a cultural thing, where there is a very strong cultural/religious/Catholic influence in many Asian countries, and I *think* those cultures are generally rather strict. And while it's generally frowned upon in the US, people are far less likely to be very strictly religious than in some Asian countries. At least I think that's true.
Does anyone have any more insight?
Anyway, I'm very partial to Asians. Except for Japanese-looking girls, who I find to be too pale, with uninteresting faces. But I do like those "import model" types and southeast Asian/Cambodian/Thai/Polynesian girls with darker skin and perhaps a slightly 'harder' appearance.
Whatever...
You just don't see many Asian girls as strippers, and for me that really sucks.
Why is it true? Personally, I think it's a cultural thing, where there is a very strong cultural/religious/Catholic influence in many Asian countries, and I *think* those cultures are generally rather strict. And while it's generally frowned upon in the US, people are far less likely to be very strictly religious than in some Asian countries. At least I think that's true.
Does anyone have any more insight?
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You do have to take into account that there's simply less Asian girls than white girls in the US, just pure statistics wise. And there's going to be higher Asian populations in more metro areas, like NYC, LA, etc. But you're not going to see too many in the middle of the country in less populated cities.
Sounds like you should really visit Thailand though, if you haven't already.
In fact, it's my personal belief that most of the Asian dancers I have ever seen are the union of American servicemen with either Japanese, Korean, or Filipino women. We still have bases in Japan and Korea, and we used to have bases in the Phillipines, which at one point held the same status Puerto Rico has. I'm not sure I have even seen one who was probably Vietnamese, which was a place we fought a war, of course.
I did see an Indian stripper once, but only once. Those are even rarer than Asian strippers (and yes, I know India is part of Asia, but I think we all know that by Asian, we mean East Asia).
Which is doubly weird, because the relative population of Asians in the LA/Orange County area is huge. Heck, in Orange County there are entire Vietnamese communities, but you'd be VERY hard pressed to find a Vietnamese stripper in ANY Orange Cty. club.
There was once, years ago, a super high mileage, hot bodied Cambodian stripper in a City of Industry club, and I got freakin' addicted to her. But I haven't seen one that hot in a very long time.
Yeah, and the Indian thing...I can't recall every seeing an Indian stripper.
It has nothing to do with "underachieving and mowing lawns" Jerikson.
If you will look at the Asian culture, it limits public displays of sexuality, I believe. Education and culture limit their numbers of dancers to less than 10% on average. In other words, Asian girls are too smart, and have too much honor to dance.
Latinas on the other hand, have no problem with displaying their sexuality, but family and religion discourage girls from being dancers. Thus, they account for only about 20% or less of dancers. Most Latino families would disown their daughters for dancing.
White dancers have the least restraints concerning family, culture, or religion. That is why white strippers are easily 60% or more of stripclub dancers.
Black dancers, like white dancers, dont seem to have many restraints about dancing. But they tend to gravitate to all black clubs where possible, diluting their numbers in mixed clubs. And the available numbers of black dancers is limited by the fact that blacks comprise about 12% of the general population.
All of this bullshit is based on my limited observations.
The AMP thing does throw a monkey wrench into the theory though. The only thing I can think of is that perhaps many of the AMP gals may be illegals whom may not be able to dance in SCs due to lack of papers and ID?
I have actually met a couple of Indian dancers (3 or 4) but this was while I lived in Dallas (Dallas area tended to have a descent size Indian community). The y were actually very hot and gave very good LDs IME.
And yeah, it's true that Asian dancers are rare. Doesn't really bother me though because I'm not big on Asian girls.
Asian stripper I know has a bachelors degree from Boston University and while she's extremely sensual and exotic there are no extras available. She works a club better than any stripper I've ever seen and makes very good money which she saves. I suspect there were some drug issues when she first got in the business but they're behind her. She once told me she hadn't spoken to her father in 4 years, ergo - my theory on strippers having father issues.
Anyway, that leads me to think there is some sort of ingrained cultural stigma.
On tusclfix's point, I have found dancers, like us, have their prejudices as well. One of dancers I favor when in Vegas told me she sat with me the first time because she thought I was one particular ethnic group and probably wouldn't have if she knew I was what I am. I told her I only let her sit because she was the ethnic group I prefer...great ass and good boobs. Touche.
Whether you like it or not, most stereotypes are based in SOME truth. All you have to do is look at Japan, and then look at Mexico, if you want to see a difference in culture and attitudes towards achieving. Then look at performance of Asians vs. Mexicans in US schools. Then look at the performance after graduation, and how many become professionals, and how many end up mowing lawns.
Many/most Mexicans dream of getting the hell out of their country and going to the US just so they can make a living. That says a lot about a country's culture and attitudes on achievement. Go to Mexico sometime, and you'll realize that "high achieving" is not on the top of their list of "to do's".
Japan? They rebuilt after WWII and become one of the world's economic powerhouses. Why? You tell me.
Timing is everything.
Mix that in with the cultural factors: strong focus on family and modesty. Not gonna see many. Most of the ones I've seen claimed to be half Asian.
As I understand AMP's those women are "imported" purely to work in that business. Another reason I'm kind of anti-AMP.
I would like to run into more dancers from Czechoslovakia. I seem to run into them a whole lot less than Asian dancers but I often seem to hit things off well with them.
There used to be an Indian girl at Landing Strip in Detroit about two years ago. She was the most aggressive stripper I've ever known. First time I saw her she grabbed my arm, pulled me in to a private room, pulled me on top of her and immediately started DFK. I managed to escape with my wallet barely intact. She was incredibly hot, had butt-length hair, and smelled exotic. Wish she was still around.
Yep. Which is why they are going to be doing the moonwalk over the US's face in terms which is the greater nation economically a few, or perhaps only a couple of decades from now.
So, a combination of a cultural thing, plus those who immigrate/get visas may be more inclined to focus on getting an education in pursuit of professional degrees, or running/working in a family business than general US population.
To carry cultural thing further- stripping may be frowned upon in Asian culture. Not exactly sure how that would tie into Asian concept of face. On the later, I have yet to encounter an Asian panhandler. Have you encountered any Asian panhandlers, j40 ?
BUT, I have managed to encounter Asian strippers. I've had best luck at SF clubs. Even on a slow night, I've always found at least 2-3 Asians on shift. L.A. area, found 1-2 on several occasions. FL clubs, can generally find 1-3 on Mons Venus night shift, other clubs hit or miss.
Midwest are scarce on Asians, though on isolated occasions have found 2.
Lastly, I've found that Asians tend to lean more towards the higher end clubs- the ones that OP has reviewed aren't exactly high end. Happy Hunting, all.
So, a combination of a cultural thing, plus those who immigrate/get visas may be more inclined to focus on getting an education in pursuit of professional degrees, or running/working in a family business than general US population.
To carry cultural thing further- stripping may be frowned upon in Asian culture. Not exactly sure how that would tie into Asian concept of face. On the later, I have yet to encounter an Asian panhandler. Have you encountered any Asian panhandlers, j40 ?
BUT, I have managed to encounter Asian strippers. I've had best luck at SF clubs. Even on a slow night, I've always found at least 2-3 Asians on shift. L.A. area, found 1-2 on several occasions. FL clubs, can generally find 1-3 on Mons Venus night shift, other clubs hit or miss.
Midwest are scarce on Asians, though on isolated occasions have found 2.
Lastly, I've found that Asians tend to lean more towards the higher end clubs- the ones that OP has reviewed aren't exactly high end. Happy Hunting, all.
I am an equal opportunity monger.
I will not speak to the reasons why there may be so few Asian dancers, but I do see them on occassion in Arizona, both Tucson and Phoenix. And just a few weeks ago at Baby Dolls in Dallas, there were more than enough Asians to keep anyone happy while I was there. In fact, I've never seen so many Asian dancers at one time as I did there at BD. But I've not been a sporting man for very long either as it pertains to SCs.
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