Generations and Strip Clubs

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• Muddy

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  a year ago

  I also don't want to fail mention obviously dancers don't all just stop dancing that early but probably most do move with other stuff, clearly there are still even Baby Boomer dancers still out there and I haven't been to the Claremont Lounge yet but if I did I might even be able to catch what the Silent or even the Greatest Generation can do up on a pole.
• rickthelion

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  a year ago

  Muddy Ape, this rick has a question: were you stoned or drunk when you posted this?
• Dolfan

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  a year ago

  Generations in this sense are such a silly construct. The evolution of society, or at least American culture certainly plays a role. In some places other countries cultures impacts what we see in clubs. For example, your talking about the supply of dancers. That's not an issue in south Florida, at least I don't perceive it as one. We're heavily reliant upon immigrants to do those jobs, but that's certainly not unique to the pole.
  
  Around here, I think strip clubs have more evolved to adapt to the demand than they have the supply. As with a lot of things, there's less demand in the middle and more on the upper and lower ends. There's certainly some clubs that have stayed mid-range, but its easier to find examples of clubs that have at least tried to move upscale or have inadvertently turned into more diveish bargain bin joints. There's less of the top end in blue collar workers that want and are able to frequent strip clubs, and less of the lower end white collar works too. What your left with is lower end laborers keeping demand up in the bargain category, and a combination of low income consumers overextending themselves to partake in the high end clubs, perhaps in an social media fueled version of keeping up with the Jones's or truly wealthy simply spending freely because they can.
  
  The dynamics of the world we live in certainly change over time, but I don't think "generations" as such really are a useful tool for analyzing or explaining it.
• mark94

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  a year ago

  I also suspect that attitude toward sex and sex work at different times and ages is a factor. The post Clinton “ a blow job isn't sex” helped supply. Kim Kardashian becoming rich and famous by releasing a sex tape also had some influence.
• shailynn

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  a year ago

  I think you also need to mention the economy. When unemployment is low, it seems there are less dancers in the clubs as women find other more stable work than stripping or find they don’t need to do that as their “side hustle.”
  
  The opposite happens when unemployment is higher.
  
  
  Right now there are still more jobs than available employees in most industries. Don’t forget to mention COVID too, a lot of patrons didn’t return to clubs after COVID or go less often, which in turn means less opportunities for dancers.
  
  
• skibum609

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  a year ago

  Lately, all of the clubs in the northeast have been borderline vacant. People are at the point where they can no longer pay their bills thanks to Bidenflation and yet the stupid fuck wants another 22 Billion for the Ukraine.
• drewcareypnw

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  a year ago

  Clubs seem pretty full out here.
• docsavage

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  a year ago

  Generations aren't very meaningful. There's a pretty big difference between Boomers who were teens in the swinging sixties and Boomers who were teens in the stagflation seventies. Think hippies versus punk rockers.
  
  The number of Boomers in strip clubs is dwindling. They don't like the loud hip hop music and feel increasingly out of place sitting with the much younger other customers. If they go at all, it's just because of the cute strippers.
• mark94

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  a year ago

  Any statement in the format
  
  Most ( group of people ) are ( trait )
  
  Is both bigoted and ignorant
  
  Judge individuals by the content of their character
• mark94

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  a year ago

  Well, that’s embarrassing. Wrong thread. Sorry.
• Meshuggah

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  a year ago

  Yes, mark94, there's a great audio book "The Butter Fly Effect" How Fabian buying the company that had pornhub then making it free porn changed so many lives.
  one aspect, kids had easy access to porn
  those kids are now in their 20s.
  
• Mate27

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  a year ago

  A lot of this is generational. Most strippers have recently entered adulthood compared to their customers. I have
  To remind my children all the time that I do not cater to them, so it’s a learning curve for strippers to realize that customers don’t need to cater to them, and the customers know it. That gap will always be there, and the emotionally mature male customer will under this and proceed with tact, allowing the stripper to act as she wishes yet enforcing strict boundaries on what said customer will allow, again tactfully. Tye emotionally immature male will gripe and complaint about the differences that are only natural
  Considering the age differences.
• JamesSD

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  a year ago

  Looking at the demographic chart, you're about 15 years too early with this hot take. In terms of raw numbers Zoomers aren't that much smaller than Millenials. There are more women in their 20s than 30s in the US.
  
  However Gen Alpha definitely is going to be much smaller.
• mark94

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  a year ago

  Sex robots are the answer to the shrinking population. Has anyone else watched the British SciFy series Humans ?
• Jascoi

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  a year ago

  cherry 2000 also delt with sex robots.