How have lap dances changed over the decades?
K
New Jersey
We have discussed this before but it pops up from time to time and it will be good to discuss something on topic for a change
in another thread someone mentioned that lap dances were mostly air dances years ago
I have been going to strip clubs for forty years. My friends and I had been looking forward to hitting the clubs for several years before that because our older brothers would talk about what went on in them.
There are regional differences but in NJ there were high mileage lap dances at least as far back as 1975. Some of the old time fishermen I knew years ago talked about hitting strip clubs after a day on the water. With what they said I feel confident pushing my 1975 date back at least another 10 years. It would surprise me to find they weren't available earlier than that. My generation did not invent strippers.
Lap dances are shorter now. when I started they weren't song based. I recall egg timers in many lap dance booths. five minutes was the minimum. eight and ten minute were common if my memory can be trusted.
There was more privacy. The lap dance area would be away from the bar area. many places had them up or down a flight of stairs. In many clubs the booth would have real walls and a real door, often with a lock. Now clubs use curtains and some even have the dances in a common area.
the dancers went topless even in bikini bars.
No cameras.
bouncers almost never interfered unless the dancer called him.
What hasn't changed...
extras have always been available in some clubs.
in another thread someone mentioned that lap dances were mostly air dances years ago
I have been going to strip clubs for forty years. My friends and I had been looking forward to hitting the clubs for several years before that because our older brothers would talk about what went on in them.
There are regional differences but in NJ there were high mileage lap dances at least as far back as 1975. Some of the old time fishermen I knew years ago talked about hitting strip clubs after a day on the water. With what they said I feel confident pushing my 1975 date back at least another 10 years. It would surprise me to find they weren't available earlier than that. My generation did not invent strippers.
Lap dances are shorter now. when I started they weren't song based. I recall egg timers in many lap dance booths. five minutes was the minimum. eight and ten minute were common if my memory can be trusted.
There was more privacy. The lap dance area would be away from the bar area. many places had them up or down a flight of stairs. In many clubs the booth would have real walls and a real door, often with a lock. Now clubs use curtains and some even have the dances in a common area.
the dancers went topless even in bikini bars.
No cameras.
bouncers almost never interfered unless the dancer called him.
What hasn't changed...
extras have always been available in some clubs.
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I worked as a bouncer in a club in the early 90s and we were told to be strict. NO TOUCHING THE DANCERS and dancers would be disciplined for touching any customers. Table dancers were the norm, not private. I think the first grinding lap dance I got was probably late 90s in a Miami Fla club. My thoughts were like....why the fuck isn't it always like this?!?!?!?!!??!
I've never been a heavy monger. I just like going every once in awhile and I tended to go to the higher end clubs in my area. I've never really looked for extras though I always appreciated some stick shifting. That's not to say I would have necessarily turned down a nice BJ. But those just aren't all that common (in my experience) in central ohio.
These days clubbing requires a lot more research, mileage has dropped considerably, the girls arent as hot and plentiful, and the prices of LD and extras have gone up.Good deals are still out there, but randomnly walking into a club withoutmaking a few texts before hand is a terrible idea
Is it possible that your experiences are just a New Jersey thing specifically? I remember making a thread similar to this and Cashman agreed with you but you both live in New Jersey.
In 2000 I moved to Dallas and that is when I became a regular SCer after running into Baby Dolls one night cruising around getting to know the city - two-way contact seemed more accessible in Dallas in 2000 that what I had experienced the handful of times in South FL in the 90s (likely b/c I didn't know which good clubs to hit in the 90s and again I would SC once in a blue-moon).
It is possible. I know a few old timers that might be able to shed some light on this.