Strip Clubs - reality vs. perception...

I want to go to a strip club... a titty bar... a nudie joint.

WHY? you may ask.

Well, I have for years had a perception of a strip club. I have formed an opinion on what goes on in a strip club based upon what I have seen in movies and I know it must not be the way it is in reality.

In my head there are strange older men sitting in dark corners salivating at the young girls on stage.

In my head the girls all look like prostitutes and drug addicts.

In my head the place is seedy and reeks of old smoke and booze.

In my head is the kind of place you wouldn't want to go into after taking a look around it with a black light.

In my mind some Guido runs the joint and smacks his "biotches" when they perform poorly.

While I am sure that there are strip clubs that fit the picture that my mind has conjured up, I am also sure that most places must not be like my perception at all.

Men have business meetings at them. Couples go to them for a night out. Friends go there to hang out. I can't imagine that all of these people would go to the place that I have pictured in my head.

I've gone through stages of opinions on strip clubs. I've been utterly disgusted by the thought of them. I've been totally okay with them. But in the end, I believe that I can't draw an opinion on them at all until I actually go to one myself.

I am a people watcher. I love to observe others. What better place than to observe people than in a strip club. I'm curious what type of people go there. I'm curious what the women actually do on stage. I'm curious what the general surroundings are. I'm curious what the restrooms look like.

Women in the US draws strong opinions on many issues including strip clubs, but how many of them have been to one to be able to draw an opinion based on something other than what is put out there in the media?

My husband used to go to strip clubs when he was a young single buck, but now doesn't like the thought of them at all. So I won't go with him and I will respect his feelings on the matter.

But I would eventually like to draw an opinion on the matter based on reality and not perception. If we stop jumping to conclusions and base our opinions on fact instead of media-based perceptions we might find that we are more open than we thought we were.

~Rambling Jenn~