You can find work as a stripper by asking the right people – or by asking directly in a club.īack then, I got to know a girl who stripped as a side job. My relationship is falling apart at the moment though, so I'm thinking of starting stripping again abroad.Ģ. Perhaps I'm just too young to manage that. Many other people are really good at separating their work and their private life though. And if it isn't fun for you, and you give off that vibe, you won't earn any money either. At some point, stripping stopped being fun. He didn't like it, of course, and I always had the feeling I was cheating on him. Not long after I started stripping, I got together with my boyfriend. I've yet to meet another stripper who has also trained as a dancer. I have formal training as a musical performer, but I think that's an exception. That created self-confidence, for one thing, and I can move really well as a result. I was always attuned with my body and watched myself in the mirror when I danced. Before that, I began with ballet when I was three years old later on, it was jazz and hip-hop, then standard and Latin American dancing as well as belly dancing. When I was twelve, I wanted to be a burlesque dancer, which is very erotic. I've always liked the sense of playfulness that goes with teasing and sexuality. The following are excerpts from our interview, which speak to her experience working in Germany, where prostitution is legal. She spoke to us about the challenges of stripping and explained what it is exactly that she likes so much about her job. Jenniferįollow Zach Schwartz and Amy Lombard on Twitter.We spoke with a young woman who once worked in a Berlin strip club.
They knew how to connect with people basically. I've seen gorgeous girls not make any money at all and girls who weren't traditionally good-looking do really well just because they knew how to talk. You make the most money because you can connect with people. It's funny, but as a dancer you don't make the most money because you're the prettiest. Part of this job is practically being a therapist. One time after he got some stuff out of his system, he told me about his life, his childhood-he teared up a little and was just like, "I had a really good time, that really relaxed me. I used to have this customer who would come see me. Once or twice, someone has gotten emotional and started to tear up. Guys love to confess to us things they wouldn't tell other people, like their sexual secrets. He'll do like two hours with me and we mostly just talk. One of my best customers here is a French guy. I have guys who I don't even get undressed for. I have a bunch of customers who come in who just like to talk to me. You almost never dance for a straight hour. The hour-long private rooms are always a lot of talking. BUT IT'S OK TO MAKE A PERSONAL CONNECTION My ex-girlfriend, she became a world-class surgeon, but she started as a stripper. Some of these guys-they just look at them like they're nothing. But you got to defend the girls before they even come in sometimes. And you're not getting any refunds either." The guy looked flabbergasted.
Second, you come in and talk to these girls like that, I'm going to throw you out.
You know those guys who get overly familiar right away? He was like, "Hey, what's going the fuck on?" I'm like, "Kid, what are you talking about?" He's like, "You got fucking bitches in there?" I'm like, "All right, first of all, you come in here with that kind of attitude and I'm going to end up throwing you out. He comes out of the cab and I was standing at the front. I had a guy come in the other day, a well-dressed kid. Some guys come in with the wrong idea and they want to treat the dancers like garbage. I'm just going to proceed with what I'm doing." But after that there was this weird tension. It just slipped out." I was like, "Oh… OK. I was like, "Excuse me." He was like, "Oh, I didn't mean to say that. We went to a private room and he was like, "You're so beautiful." And as I'm dancing on him, he goes, "Oh my God, you remind me of my daughter, I'm going to tip you all night." I was shocked. And then a lot of guys will tell me that I look like their little sister or something. Are your nipples pierced? I want to suck on your nipples and fuck the shit out of you right now." And I was just like, "What?!" I always end up with the weird ones. He was like, "I would so take you out on a date. He was like, "Just don't give me a heart attack." I was like "Yeah, I'm going to try not to." There was another old guy-he was like 63.
There was a 70-year-old guy here my first night.