Something strippers don't seem to understand - Hiring Standards
PaulDrake
Off again on again PL
So recently there was a discussion on the reddit stripper forum about a plus sized dancer who was wanting to audition:
https://www.reddit.com/r/stripper/commen…
It seems like that sort of discussion happens a lot and one comment that I tend to see over and over is how "guys like all types" and it is unfair it is that mean managers won't hire girls who don't fit the traditionally attractive mold.
Look I think it's great that there are a a minority of guys out there that like bigger girls (or other non-traditionally attractive types). But what I think strippers don't understand is that the majority of guys don't come to the strip club to see girls like that and are less likely to visit clubs that hire fat girls. If a strip club manager wants their club to make the most money they have to limit the amount of fat girls they hire.
Although far more controversial the same logic even applies to managers not hiring black girls. I don't see personal racial bias in strip club managers hiring decisions. On average guys are significantly less attracted to black girls (not my opinion I'm citing statistical public data). Locally we had a new club open that had black owners who were willing to hire pretty much any black girls that showed up. When the club opened it was a mixed club but the percentage of black dancers continually increased until it reached a tipping point and the club just transitioned to a black club.
https://www.reddit.com/r/stripper/commen…
It seems like that sort of discussion happens a lot and one comment that I tend to see over and over is how "guys like all types" and it is unfair it is that mean managers won't hire girls who don't fit the traditionally attractive mold.
Look I think it's great that there are a a minority of guys out there that like bigger girls (or other non-traditionally attractive types). But what I think strippers don't understand is that the majority of guys don't come to the strip club to see girls like that and are less likely to visit clubs that hire fat girls. If a strip club manager wants their club to make the most money they have to limit the amount of fat girls they hire.
Although far more controversial the same logic even applies to managers not hiring black girls. I don't see personal racial bias in strip club managers hiring decisions. On average guys are significantly less attracted to black girls (not my opinion I'm citing statistical public data). Locally we had a new club open that had black owners who were willing to hire pretty much any black girls that showed up. When the club opened it was a mixed club but the percentage of black dancers continually increased until it reached a tipping point and the club just transitioned to a black club.
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And dancers will support the sisterhood on stuff and that it’s mean for management to snub them. But a bunch of us also hate extras as well. Which seems like an odd catch 22 there. If you want a more “liberal” work environment, it may well be you have to become okay with being surrounded by more “liberal” activities.
I’m starting to get the impression that a lot of these lower mileage areas tend to be less travel friendly in general. And us dancers like places to be easily travel friendly and not deal with nonsense like that and will gladly bring up that we’re supposed to be independent contractors.
But it seems there’s a loose correllary between naughtiness and how xenophobic a club scene is. (Minneapolis, Denver, San Francisco, etc)
I’d put Portland on that list too. I’m just lucky to have found a club that caters to the whims of the 18-20 year strippers. Which means I can get away with shit like leaving the club for two hours and coming back...for no other reason than I feel like it. 😁
Personally I think a club should hire for diversity and always have a few strippers that look outside of a certain mold. So yes, they should have a "token" fat girl and black girl and whatever atypical type of girl. Not saying they need a lot of them, just a few that are there for all customers. To me to fill a club with just one type of look isn't good business sense and can cause those customers that like the nontraditional look to do their business elsewhere. The issue works both ways in my book.
@sirlap my suggestion would be either coolsculpting or Lipo+tummy tuck, then she could keep her goodies AND be more “marketable” 😁 But from how you described things, she does well enough so it doesn’t really matter.
Continuing to display the smarts and business competence that made them qualified to run a strip club, they also imposed "no lap dances" and "we all share tips evenly" rules, which combined drastically limited the earnings potential of the few attractive girls, who evidently never stayed long. The Lusty Lady itself is gone, too.
Anyway, just as I realize that when PLs give strippers advice, it's often incredibly self-serving and actually against her interest (even if the PL means well and doesn't realize it), that goes triple for strippers giving advice to management on who to hire.
I have to admit I have enjoyed dances from young, older, thin, thick, tiny boobs and the well endowed. The real criteria is personality. Someone that approaches me is getting a heads up. However I was once accosted by two dancers so scary I put down my drink and left.
That koolaid is the same nonsense that dancers get hung up on. There was a REALLY old dancer at bucks who got fired. She was successful, had a lot of regulars, and made a lot of money. But to a random casual customer who just walked in the club she was a definite turn off.
Not even getting into the secondary issues like fat dancers are more likely to try pity hustles. Or black dancers who will accost customers for rejecting them. Or older veteran dancers who are more likely to stand up to management and organize other dancers to resist policies they don't like.
Maybe I'm too much of a stoic but I can understand why managers make the decisions they do.
"Personally I think a club should hire for diversity and always have a few strippers that look outside of a certain mold. So yes, they should have a "token" fat girl and black girl and whatever atypical type of girl. Not saying they need a lot of them, just a few that are there for all customers. To me to fill a club with just one type of look isn't good business sense and can cause those customers that like the nontraditional look to do their business elsewhere. The issue works both ways in my book."
And to further my point, if those few "token" strippers turn away business, there's a good chance that they also solicit new business. As stated, the issue goes both ways.
Ultimately IMHO a diverse stripper demographic covers all the bases better than a one-way dancer look.
The club still definitely has its preference tho.
It doesn't matter what city or area... Phoenix, the Bay Area, Albuquerque, Seattle, Portland, New York, Sacramento/Reno.
I have no idea what these successful clubs hiring "standards" are. I'm just saying they are successful because they cover more bases and provide more options than the club's that don't diversify to some degree.
Other clubs do not have such standards. For one thing, it is no big privilege to work there. For another thing, the owners do not care if the rules are followed. The written rules are just for plausible deniability. The owners know that you want some dancers who will be more aggressive, accept less money, and generally light a fire under the others.
When new girls come and look, they look over the current crew, and try to figure if they can take them. As the patronage level goes up, the club can hire hotter looking dancers. But to get started, you just take all that apply.
Dancers don't have to please the management. They don't have to please all the customers either. Just so long as some guys like them. In a high mileage place they will only have to deal with the guys who like them.
I know this from watching our underground clubs, and by talking to the talent agents and the dancers, and by watching how some clubs have gone when they went UHM.
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The closest case that relates to stripper looks is the case from the airlines (I think it was PanAm) about requiring flight attendants (called "stewardesses" at the time) to be pretty (also female), slim, and young. The court held that the primary purpose of a flight attendant is passenger safety. Attractiveness (by whatever subjective criteria) was not required to keep passengers safe. So now flight attendants cannot be denied hire based on looks, age or gender.
In the stripper world, there may be parallels to consider. What is the primary duty of a stripper? Is it to dance on stage/laps, or is it to sell dances? Ultimately, if a dancer can deliver huge amounts of sales, should the club really care what she looks like? So let's assume for this discussion that the primary duty of a stripper is to sell dances, VIP's and drinks. If the club cannot objectively prove that certain physical attributes are required to make sales, they may not be able to discriminate hiring strippers because they are too "fat", "old", "dark", "short" or whatever. These are going to be too subjective.
So what I suspect they will end up doing to avoid costly litigation, is use a consistent objective criteria, like hourly/weekly/monthly sales. As employees (and de facto sales reps for dances), they can be required to meet a specific minimum target for sales or revenue for the club. If a dancer fails to meet the requirement over some period of time, the club can fire them.
What might be interesting about this is that policy will tend to either prove or disprove all of the ad hoc opinions above that strippers of a certain physical look or age-range will make more money than others. Those dancers who perform poorly (fail to sell) will be removed, regardless of subjective criteria. Those who perform at, or above, target, will survive and thrive. A club need only collect enough data under this policy to eventually create an objective policy about looks - IF - a certain physical trait consistently performs well or poorly. I suspect that they will not. Although there will still be many challenges to firing an under-performing strippers based on allegations about poor training, access to tools/education/coaching, unfair schedules, lack of dressing room amenities, etc. I.e.: If the club used unfair practices to prevent a stripper from being successful, they will be in trouble.
In the end, a club would be eventually more successful if they judged a stripper by actual earnings performance rather than by a subjective judgement about POTENTIAL earnings based on race, looks, age.
NOTE: All of this presumes that the services provided by any given stripper are the same. Strippers who possibly provide extras (if the club gets a share through additional VIPs, drinks, etc.) will earn a higher sales rate. So someone who might not be earning a lot of non-extras revenues might embellish their results by providing extras, recognizing the increased risk of LE, STD's and firing for not following company policy.
I wonder how those clubs that have unionized (in NY?) are addressing this topic?
Others want the exact opposite.
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I can get on board with the viewpoint of oh yeah, screw fat dancers if they wanna complain about stuff. They should either diet, excercise, or lipo their way with the rest of us.
But when it’s because they are black, I admit that makes me feel a little bit of guilt. I don’t think I have quite the same privilege as a blue eyed blond haired dancer, but I don’t feel as if I’ve ever been disadvantaged in any way and thinking about it makes me feel a bit guilty.
Especially, when I stop to think of it. Any small thing that smacks of urbanization is what makes the clubs more fun IMO. Such as money being thrown and fast paced music. And dealing with customers who want to have FUN and party.
So I especially feel bad as a beneficiary of being in club environments that allow small adoptions of urban clubs (tho definitely controlled on adopting all the attributes).
Here was a small snippet of a review of the Hustlers movie, that pointed out some inaccuracies:
“Then there’s Ramona’s showstopping stage set, ostensibly circa 2007 in a Manhattan strip club, and from everything I know, it’s totally inaccurate for a very good reason: an accurate representation of an upscale Manhattan club’s stage show in the mid aughts would be boring fucking moviemaking. In Hustlers, guys in suits are making it rain while Ramona does pole tricks in a rhinestoned playsuit. In reality, “upscale” clubs made dancers wear floor-length “classy” gowns and wouldn’t allow them to do floor moves or pole tricks. Some of these places even banned Pleasers and made dancers keep wearing those painful 5″ stilettos, can you imagine? Wall Street guys were most decidedly not making it rain while Fat Joe played. Busting out the black Amex while an endless soundtrack of techno thumped, sure, but not throwing bands. But that’s a case were realism would have made for one snooze of a scene! Better that they take their inspiration from clubs like the Queens one where the movie was filmed.
Most of the things that make a strip club fun and not boring these days, like great stage performances and good music, stem from Black dancers and artists. They have been at the vanguard of club culture and fashion while facing blatant racism when working in clubs with white ownership and management, and colorism in all clubs. All the fun parts of strip club culture—all the stuff in Lopez’s big opening number where she’s being showered with money—are the things that stuffy chain clubs try to block with dress codes and bans on rap music.”
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This is a bit of a miopic view - strip clubs were around and "fun" b/f rap-music and rain-making - plus rap music and rain-making does not constitute fun for everyone especially if you are a 50 y/o business-man which one could argue it is middle-aged guys that often spend better than the young-guys looking for a party - perhaps a "party atmosphere" may get more people thru the door but I don't think it would lead to dancers making better $$$ - IMO a party-atmosphere often gets in the way of those custies that wanna spend well via lap-dances or VIP - IMO/IME the custies that go mainly for the "party" and stage show are more often than not just spectators and may do a little tipping here and there if that - IMO, w/ some exceptions, the guys that do the heavy spending in clubs, particularly on a regular basis, are not the ones looking for a fun party spot and often tend to be the middle-aged guys or close to it - i.e. having a "fun" club IMO may not be the best thing for the bottom-line.
It wasn't till I joined TUSCL where I heard another POV as to why many clubs may be reluctant to hire too-many black-dancers, and that being that the club may then become "too black" - i.e. black dancers seemingly not having the same opportunities as white dancers, it seems when they see a good club that hires black-dancers that a lot of the black-dancers then go to that club, and often the more black-dancers the more black custies and one gets the white-flight effect - I'm not saying this is right or fair, just that there may be another variable at play as to the unwillingness of clubs to hire too-many black dancers and it may not just be b/c of custy preference although that perhaps may be the main-factor.
And other clubs are the opposite.
So long as you can find on dancer you like and approach her, there should be no problem.
But if you wait and let dancers approach you and let them see that you are ambivalent about them, don't be surprised if it goes negative.
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Not every woman has to be 120-lbs and under to look attractive; it just seems that many consider those to be the only ones that are attractive and thus what may be a bit of discrimination against the bigger girls which are o/w attractive but just bigger and more voluptuous for many people's taste.
I don't necessarily think any girl that wants to dance should be hired, but I do think there are many clubs that are too-stringent when it comes to variety whether it'd be body-type of color - I think having more variety of dancer will be serve the overall custy-base vs having overwhelmingly having one type of dancer.
There are lots of tradeoffs. Personally the dream scenario would be people going to clubs with other people with similar preferences and be catered to. That's difficult though for a variety of reasons. I do know that for me big booties and hip hop in a club are a turn off.
I have no problem saying I don't care for black dancers or any dark skinned dancer no matter their ethnic makeup. Not because what they are, but my preference is seeing the contrast of areoles/nipples and the rest of their breasts. It's as simple as that.
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I don't think any one is saying small thin girls should not be hired, just that they should not be the only thin hired in a club; butthere seems to be a bias where non small/thin girls are in many places not hired just b/c they don't have a small-build whereas the opposite does not happen.
I think its more complicated than simple.
So no, a fat or a stripper that's not my type is going to drive me away from a particular club. I actually am surprised it's even an issue.
@sirLDalot - Refferencing your latest comment you are only looking at it from your perspective. Imagine you are the club manager where you ATFDS works. 20 BBW girls walk who all want a job. Do you hire them? If you do the club is going to lose money as casual customers who just come in to watch the stage and have a beer are going to leave.
Which I guess is good for some customers. Tho clearly not all.
@pauldrake you spoke about the hotter dancers at Bucks migrating to other clubs. Did any of them come back?
Hi Liter has always had a variety of dancers. Mostly white, sure, but other ethnic types and body shapes. It’s heyday is behind it, but it’s generally a place where there is at least one dancer for you no matter what your preference. There is also a lot of diversity in dance quality, from air dance to extras.
Bourbon Street is a 7 up club with white, fit, pretty dancers. Even the quality of the dances is standardized. No extras, ever, but it’s sensual enough to keep you coming back.
Both business models work. I find myself drawn to both clubs though they offer very different experiences.
There are other clubs in town with different business models. Some have Latina dancers. Some are AA. Some are late night party places. They manage to stay in business so they must have a customer base, but it’s not me.
BTW I used to love BSC and Christie's back in the day.
In talking with some people at SC's one thing I take away is the feeling that if you hire too many black dancers, as in more than a small minority, your club becomes a hip hop ghetto club and there's no going back due to the clientele that often attracts. I think that is whispered about in inner circles.
I don't know if a lot of clubs are in a situation to be picky. Some of these strip clubs have some of the hottest girls I've ever seen. They are really rare. If I had a club of my own, I would probably rather have it packed with a bunch of fugly dancers then have a club with 4 alright dancers. And just hope some raincoaters come in and have a field day.
That being said- I do think some variety is good. I prefer clubs with all races of girls, but will say the few times I've ended up outnumbered by Mexican or black girls in a few clubs that my money has definitely suffered. So I still want there to be more white than anything else. I fucking hate working clubs that are nothing but white girls or like 80 or 90% white though. It is just nothing but drama. A lot of white American girls simply can't stand me and the way I act and talk. I think they hate me just for breathing because I've never done a damn thing to them for them to hate me so much from club to club.
I think the ideal club should have all races and some variety of bodies within reason. There should be some skinny girls, more at a healthy athletic/toned size, a few thicker girls but still the right shape. I wouldn't want anything straight up fat there though, but maybe 1 token fat girl is ok like sir says. Because I know there is a market for them- but it is a rather *small* market just saying. Especially at clubs. I think there is more $$$ love for them on the webcam sites.
^ @🔪🔪🔪23 amen! That's basically what I'm trying to say. The diversity of the strippers is proportionate to the preferences of all clientele. This is the most ideal.
An Idea Strip Club should have a diverse selection of strippers including White Strippers, Black Strippers & Latina Strippers.
Plus two or three Asian Strippers in the mix wouldn’t hurt anyone as well.
My default preference as always is a Big Booty Black Stripper.
—>”From your response can I assume you mean to convey that guys who are afraid to say publicly that they are not attracted to black girls are racists? “
Hmm, that is a loaded way to phrase it IMO. In a nutshell, I’d say yes there’s racism at a societal level at play. But not in a way that a single individual customer can condemned for his lack of attraction.
Like, I think if racism wasn’t a thing, then yes black women would be considered more attractive on a society level. Even if they don’t have more “European” like facial features like Halle Berry or Beyoncé.
An adult man can have been trained to have cultural sensitivity. And not treat black women poorly. And still have his preferences because hey, many of us are creatures of habit. Vanilla cake was your favorite dessert as a child and it carried over into adulthood and stuff.
That being said, one thing I’ve heard NUMEROUSLY from black dancers, to the point that I can’t really dismiss what they say, is being the brunt of larger asshole behavior.
I’ve heard of black dancers complaining of white dancers nearby getting $500 for being charming and pretty, while those same exact men are hard bargaining them for extras at $300. There is definitely some gleeful racism coming from those men.
—>”Or that guys who are afraid to say they prefer 18-20yo strippers are pedophiles?”
As for the second comment about age. Hmm...I do think quite a few customers misjudge me for being 18-19 and I have no problems selling dances LOL
I remember when I was still working at my first club ever (I was 22 years old) and a customer told me that I looked 15...and then shortly after bought a dance. 😅
I don’t know to what extent men are afraid of being perceived as pedophiles.
I do think there are the men who like the younger girls cause they are creeps and wanna take advantage.
But on a larger scale, it seems like in my view clubs that actively prefer hiring the young looking dancers tend to be fast hustle clubs. I’m thinking of the Golden Dragon and Mons Venus.
So it could be also a lot of customers who want younger dancers are just simply looking for a certain amount of lack of “depth” on purpose. Idk
Or some men perceive younger girls as more happy and less jaded.
Also here is the statistical data on age versus attractiveness:
https://external-preview.redd.it/RaPV5tQ…
So that data is pretty surprising even to me. I think it goes to show that peoples stated preferences and actual preferences differ. And I would guess that a lot of women would never expect the drastic preference for youth most men have.
On the tail end of your comment you brought up that black girls tend to protest the fact that they are less in demand and have to work harder for less money. I don't dispute that fact at all. Black women are significantly less likely to be considered attractive per the statistical data. But... I don't think black women are really self aware of that so over and over they get into stripping and have the light bulb moment that "Hey guys are less attracted to me that a similar white girl" and then belive anyone who isn't interested in them as being personally racist.
Next I think what some of the accusers of racism miss is that the strip club is all about fantasy. A white guy could be the most racist person in the world who really hates black people but their fantasy could be to be with a black girl. Inversely some guy could be married to a black woman and have adopted black kids but their fantasy could be to be with an indian/white/latina girl.
Lastly I think some of the fact that black girls are less financially successful at stripping is they tend to gravitate towards one specific hustle. Usually that is the "I'm the baddest bitch", cardi B, glammed up, super long fingernails, with a lot of external confidence. Versus the "Aww shucks, I'm just a college GND who strips occasionally", more of a natural look, with less external but more internal confidence.
But in general, it was me and a (younger) white girl who ran laps around them, $$ wise. I think we were both lower mileage too.
As much as I’d love to chock it up to being a superior hustler, I really don’t think that was the case...
Btw this isn’t a call to action for you to change in any way.
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That being said, there’s a black girl at Palazio I last recall who was good at closing cabanas. So things can be overcome. But she was also very focused and came into the club WAY earlier than most other girls did, consistently.
So sometimes class does matter.
As for age, hmm, my take is that as far as peak attractiveness perception, perhaps. I think early 20s is when a female is at peak fertility?
I mentioned earlier that the clubs that seem extra biased for filling the roster with younger girls seem to be for those who wants girls based on raw physical appeal. For example, Mons is an infamous lapdannce factory. The Golden Dragon in Portland is a fast hustle place too. And the VIPs in there doesn’t come with champagne and meant to encourage conversations. The VIPs are a jackshack with towels provided. Doesn’t get any more “raw physical appeal” than that haha.
That being said, when I think of club environments with high dollar champagne rooms and possibly requirements for gowns and stuff. It seems like the most successful are mid 20s. And those older who took care of themselves well. (And perhaps club politics, but just the fact that club politics can sway things means age isn’t an end all be all decider for men.)
And I’ll repeat it. You have your own *personal* preferences. And that’s nothing to be ashamed of
You take offense if you are approached by a dancer you don't consider attractive.
And some of you don't like blacks at all.
I tell you, identify the one you want and approach her yourself. And for me, it's never just looks alone, or that 1 to 10 scale. Its the entire person and what sorts of feelings she evokes in me.
You guys don't want to treat the dancers as human beings. You've got the money, so you want to have power over them.
And you can't believe that if one treats the women better, then they will treat you better.
And you guys don't want to be kissing dolled up pretty girls, or otherwise treating them in a more civilian way.
A lot of you guys are CREEPS!
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san_jose_guy - Commonly referred to as SJG this forum member may have some sort of mental illness and is usually mocked or ignored. SJG has a long history of posting incendiary comments including being pro-rape. His comments should NOT be taken in any way as legitimate.
Seems some areas may be better than others w.r.t. variety in clubs - perhaps there may be a correlation b/w the more-progressive-areas and clubs being more diverse?
We used to have George's Rock'n' Robin. No standards, no real rules.
Our underground circuit, not much in the way of standards, or rules.
Used to have Club-Ante San Mateo, not much in the way of standards, very relaxed rules.
I these last three mentioned venues, most of the girls do OTC.
Its really what ever you want. Not that difficult to understand the differences between the types of clubs.
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^ LMAO translation -> I am someone who always interprets women's looks in an immoral way.
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All that said, I do believe there's still that age "wall" that seems to hit women more than men, but with some women that wall is way late.
Of course I usually try to fuck those girls for free. Mixed results, of course but has happened more than zero times.
There are a number of clubs that clearly have very specific hiring standards: white girls under 30 with slim to medium bodies and big tits, whether real or artificial. Though I occasionally crave just such a girl, if that's all that's on the menu I'm not likely to return often. Over the years I've had favs of all races, bust sizes, and body shapes, with the possible exception of "fat."
Personality is huge. If you can carry on an intelligent conversation and can get a joke you're halfway there with me. If you are going for pity or can't speak in clear sentences (unless you're ESL) you might as well forget it.
I don't understand not being attracted to certain races, because they're all equally beautiful to me, but as someone said, you're attracted to who you're attracted to.
First, how many 40 or even 30 something women look like jlo? Second jlo is 50 isnt she? Jlo is clearly the rare exception.
ANY race.
Drake, are you now a strip club manager, are you the one who makes the hiring decisions?
Of course women understand that.
Some clubs have such standards, some really don't.
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