The Selfie of Violence
jackslash
Detroit strip clubs
A stripper with whom I'm friends on Facebook posted a selfie of her bruised and bloodied face. Her comments on her broken heart implied that her boyfriend had beaten her. She later denied he was responsible, but her Facebook friends were unconvinced.
I have spent most of my life with middle-class, college-educated professionals among whom violence is almost unknown. Violence, especially domestic violence, is considered shameful. No one would post a selfie of it.
Since I started hanging with strippers, I have heard many stories of fights and beatings and assaults. Physical confrontations seem common among strippers and their friends and families. This selfie of violence, I think, reveals the self, the type of person involved.
I have spent most of my life with middle-class, college-educated professionals among whom violence is almost unknown. Violence, especially domestic violence, is considered shameful. No one would post a selfie of it.
Since I started hanging with strippers, I have heard many stories of fights and beatings and assaults. Physical confrontations seem common among strippers and their friends and families. This selfie of violence, I think, reveals the self, the type of person involved.
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I discovered this first hand when I had a relationship with my retired ATF. Just the life experiences and situations she got herself into is insane. I wasn't friends with my ATF on Facebook (for obvious reasons) but was able to stalk her account without her knowing. She put on there one time "can someone watch my kids for the weekend, I have to go out of town?" Who does that!?!
I think your stripper friend was doing it for attention, just like a soccermom may be bragging on Facebook about her new car or showing off vacation photos, some people use tragedies or negative issues in their lives to garner the same attention. Most people chose to keep their issues/failures/tragedies private, but others only have negative things in their life to they attention. BTW this act to get attention is not exclusive to just strippers!
Not brilliant! :(
I told her that's not right. You have to get out of that relationship. And then she said the saddest thing I've ever heard anyone say: "I deseved it".
There are always exceptions. I was friendly with a girl (20-ish) that was just playing at stripping top see what it was like. It did not take her long to fall face first into the party hammered/stoned every night life style. I would not be surprised if she is now in an abusive relationship.
Oddly enough I have also had a fav. that lived by herself more than an hour away from the club and only had middle aged white guys as regulars. She kept the club life at arm's length. She was all about the Benjamins.