I Don’t Understand the Appeal of Strip Clubs
I don’t understand the appeal of strip clubs. Somebody, explain this to me.
Strip clubs are obviously popular, not just in Las Vegas, but just about everywhere. When I travel around the country, wherever I go, I’m amazed at how many strip clubs there are. Parking lots are usually full at all hours, day and night.
There’s probably a joke in there somewhere as to why I would notice so many strip clubs and the number of cars in parking lots. Truth is, there are so many clubs around, that it’s impossible not to notice them.
I haven’t been inside a strip club in several years. The last time I spent anytime at all in them with regularity was when I was in my early 20’s. But that was all just an excuse to go out with friends and drink beer. It was a rite of passage. That said, one would think most people eventually grow out of that adolescent stage.
But many people I talk to enjoy going out to strip clubs for reasons I just can’t comprehend. To me, paying money to sit in a dark place so you can watch naked female flesh parading non-stop in front of your eyes is absurdly ridiculous. It’s sort of like going out to a fancy restaurant, ordering a $50 steak, and then be forced to sit there and stare at it all night long. I mean, what’s the fucking point? Who would enjoy doing something like that?
Guys who frequent strip clubs are essentially staring at “ribeyes” for hours. Sometimes the juicy “tenderloin” dances right in front of their faces. But they’ll never make it past the appetizer course. To me, that’s not entertainment. That’s torture!
Fact: None of the guys who go to strip clubs are going to get laid. Period. End of discussion. Not with the stripper anyway. I know some guys who think they’re “special.” Well, there’s only one word I can say to that: Bullshit. You aren’t special. Let’s see how much time the stripper spends once she realizes the guy is broke. That guy becomes about as popular as a case of herpes in a brothel.
Those of you who read these essays know I’m not a prude. I don’t care what people do, so long as it doesn’t hurt others. I don’t oppose strip clubs on moral grounds, although it’s baffling to me how these clip joints are somehow legal just about everywhere you go, you still somehow can’t play a hand of poker on the Internet in 47 states. Someone, please explain that to me. But I digress.
I’m all for having fun. I’m all for people exercising their individual freedom. I’m all for sex. I even favor legalized prostitution, which isn’t really a big deal in Nevada (or most of Europe for that matter). At least there’s some sensory satisfaction in that. But a strip club?
The notion of forking over a cover charge, getting lousy service, paying for overpriced drinks just for the sole purpose of watching (while not touching) naked women streaming across a stage seems pretty pointless to me.
It seems the much wiser thing is to have your steak, and eat it too. Who knows? Maybe there’s even room for dessert.
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Your steak analogy is off IMHO. A woman’s body can be a wonderful art form. You don’t go into a museum and eat the painting or sculptures do you? Most people who visit a strip joint know it’s not a brothel and therefore know they aren’t going to have any sex. They go there for visual pleasure. Which is why the museum analogy is more appropriate.
I agree with Gary Philips 100%. Erotic dance is an art form and in Vegas, the dancers are incredible. To me watching dancers in strip clubs is no different from watching figure skaters or gymnasts or MMA fighters. None of these may qualify as fine art, but they’re popular art forms that are highly evolved.
Puhleese!
No different than “figure skaters, gymnasts or MMA fighters?”
“Visual pleasure?”
That’s waayy too much stupid crammed into just two comments!
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Love ya Nolan!
NOT TRUE WHO EVEN IS THIS GUY!? I DIN NOT EVEN MAKE IT THROUGH THE FIRST PARAGRAPH BEFORE I FLIPPED!
I had a temporary girlfriend that took me to a strip club. I was too stupid to understand the implications.
Strip clubs are great places for people-watching. It’s fascinating to sit back and watch the other patrons watch and interact with the girls.
Yeah bud let’s Not think about the “extras” that’s 30 min for 250 to 400 depending on the club or dancer… js you can get laid in a strip club easy if your not a nerd or look like a nark
I can agree the female form is a thing of Beauty. When I wen to strip clubs in my youth it was partially for the thrill of seeing ladies naked. and partly for the beauty of the artistic pole work these talented young women could come up with. I only tipped a dancer if her act was something especially well done. Unfortunately I had to get myself out of the strip club scene as I found it eventually became for me a type of addiction, something I had to do not just something I wanted to do, and I was spending far too much of my pay on the fantasy.
WHO IS THIS JOKE!?! I DID NOT EVEN MAKE IT THROUGH THE 1ST PARAGRAPH BEFORE I FLIPPED I DISAGREE!
WELL I TOTALY FLIPPED BEFORE THE 1st PARAGRAPH…I really do disagree for some private non-weird reason…