Perception of opportunity
Lone_Wolf
Arizona
I, and probably most of society, have a perception that pretty young women have an abundance of opportunity to live a life filled with abundance and wealth. All they have to do is make the right decisions in their life.
But is that perception true?
Thing is, it seems like there are beautiful young women everywhere in our modern age. So, I believe being beautiful is no longer an automatic ticket for wealth. Plus, fewer men of wealth are getting married and when they do it usually comes with a solid pre-nup.
Over all point is this...when I see these beautiful young honey's dancing in some dive SC I used to think they had choices but just made the wrong decisions. Now, I think they may have no choice. It is either the SC or trailer park with some loser.
But is that perception true?
Thing is, it seems like there are beautiful young women everywhere in our modern age. So, I believe being beautiful is no longer an automatic ticket for wealth. Plus, fewer men of wealth are getting married and when they do it usually comes with a solid pre-nup.
Over all point is this...when I see these beautiful young honey's dancing in some dive SC I used to think they had choices but just made the wrong decisions. Now, I think they may have no choice. It is either the SC or trailer park with some loser.
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I also recall seeing programs on TVs based on experiments that had been done where babies are shown faces of attractive people and not so attractive people with the babies reacting more positively to the pictures of attractive people (per the study).
IMO; good looking people do often have it better/easier and will often either be given things or the bar for them is lower (e.g. a singer can be ok but be very attractive and thus very popular - where another singer could have a very talented voice but be fugly and thus not very popular).
There are plenty of beautiful girls out there, but only a subset of them have the other skills and traits necessary to use their beauty to give themselves any long-term advantages. For most, it is gone before they can do anything meaningful with it.
Many girls with the right hustle and at the right club can make six-figure incomes, and pay next to nothing in taxes. It's too bad most dancers blow it all (no pun intended). Either get an education, or sock most of your income away. No one has sympathy for an old twat who has saved nothing.
I've thought many times that the smart ones plan ahead. What they can sell today, they won't be able to give away tomorrow. Beauty is in the eye if the beholder, and more importantly, it's also fleeting.
Aside from that I think Papi summed it up well.
@lone_wolf:
"It is either the SC or trailer park with some loser"... no, it's the SC and the trailer park with some loser
long story short, I also think papi's got it covered, there is a strong correlation with beautiful people getting more 'breaks' in life. Also, IMO I think there is always a choice. The OP also seems (IMO) to assume an SC worker didn't try and fail at something else only to "fall back" on stripping. Probably a very small minority, but could happen. Dancer could have 'made a good choice' at the time but didn't work out.
Funny how society generally equates beauty with success, and associates stripping, particularly in a dive SC, with failure. Obviously, neither one of these broad-brush stereotypes is always true.
I like what stenton1 said, particularly, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and more importantly, it's also fleeting."
We live in a competitive world. It's about survival of the fittest. Beauty is part of being perceived as fit. I'm fascinated how average looking women (and men) can make themselves "beautiful" through a wide range of physical treatments. Ever see some of the pics of entertainment stars without makeup? If a person combines a few outer enhancements, if necessary, with intellect and positive character attributes, she or he has a leg up in society.
Lots of evidence out there that stripping, even in a dive SC, doesn't automatically equate to failure. I've met plenty of "successful" sex workers playing in the dancer/stripper segment of the industry. Many of them not only make a great living, but enable success for their children and extended families. That very attractive dancer working in a dive club, just might be having fun intelligently working a career option that is a terrific fit for her and those she loves.