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Tales of the naked city, from a Las Vegas dancer.


July 11, 2008 · 6 PM

For prostitutes, life is just a (lucrative) fantasy

By Justice

Illustration: Justice

“Do you ever have orgasms while working?” I asked a prostitute at a party. She laughs and thinks about the question. “Occasionally, yes.” She tells me that customers notice the clenching of her muscles when it happens. They say so in her online reviews. She says she’s also a good actress. I wonder how often she fakes it.

This prostitute is a member of a huge online community of prostitutes and customers that review each other and keep the practice relatively safe for all participants. Customers and workers alike know what to expect.

I follow up with, “Do you have customers that you absolutely hate having sex with?” She says that most people are fine. She says there is one particular customer in the community that she has been avoiding an appointment with. He is active in the community and is well known for being, well, repulsive.

Another Weekly blog discussed the devastating financial impact of the recession on the oldest profession in the world for one prostitute. I hear a different story from the prostitute I talked to. From a single regular customer she receives $900 twice a week. She is beautiful; voluptuous and naturally blond with a pretty face.

She used to be a stripper at one of Las Vegas' StripMart clubs. We discussed working there and the relative stress of stripping versus prostitution. Stripping is often stressful.

I don’t have a problem with prostitution whatsoever. It is a private matter between consenting adults. However, my view is limited because I’ve only been able to discuss the matter with the workers’ side of the industry. I don’t know the impact of prostitution on the lives of men who participate in this sort of exchange. Of course they would be reluctant to discuss that sort of thing. From my experience, people are highly capable of becoming consumed by their vices that had been harmless hobbies and men can become highly obsessed with women who play out their fantasies.

7 Comments So Far

So I've always wondered how strippers refer to "customers" like myself - I've been to strip clubs on numerous occasions (bachelor parties, attempts to continue a mediocre club-hopping night, etc.); yet I've never bought/accepted a lap dance. I'm not sure why, but the thought of a girl acting interested in me only to obtain money really turns me off - especially in this city where getting all that stuff (and more) for free is so easy! Perhaps my negative attitude has been molded after the several times I've heard from exotic dancers: "You're from Chile? That's my favorite country!”, yet the odds that this nubile woman has never left the western US are overwhelming. Anyways, how "un-welcome" by dancers are specimens like myself at a strip club? I can't believe we are too annoying to them as those like me typically avoid any conversation and get bored about 30 minutes into it, point at which we end up leaving…
- Chileno

Posted by: nilsgol on 7/14/08 at 10:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)

"men can become highly obsessed with women who play out their fantasies"

Yes, indeed they can.

Posted by: aardvark on 7/15/08 at 12:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Chileno nilsgol's comment is off base as the article was about prostitutes and not strippers but I don't think strippers really care if a guy is in a strip club just to have a few drinks and watch the stage show without getting a lap dance - management on the other hand probally doesn't want this type of customer! But what I found really amusing was his comment "...especially in this city where getting all that stuff (and more) for free is so easy! " Opportunity to 'hookup' abounds in Las Vegas but I still see lots and lots of men (and not bad looking one's) bitching at the cab stands after a night out about how they failed to score! I don't think Las Vegas women (locals or tourists) are as easy as Chileno claims! If you tally up the time, effort and drinks he puts into one of his 'easy' scores, I'd wager he'd come out cheaper and happier by hiring a prostitute!

Posted by: AnnLeaGirl on 7/21/08 at 3:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)

AnnLeaGirl, I agree with you in that it would've come out cheaper if I had hired a prostitute considering that I've ended up traveling to Europe with a couple of "random" Vegas hookups, visited a couple in other parts of the world where they are from (yet I met them here), etc. But effort?? Not much - you'd be surprised what a white 6'4 blonde latino in Vegas can achieve with a hispanic accent in his pronunciation... Happier? You do the math.

And yeah... my comments are usually off base as I typically tend to read between the lines.

- Chileno

Posted by: nilsgol on 7/21/08 at 9:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Chileno,
When men hang out and don't get lap dances, I don't care. What I do care about is when after a customer says he does not want a lap dance and I leave him, he gets offended. It's not personal. We have to make ourselves available for other people who are there to spend money. Not that we don't like you, we'll just lose money in the company of non-spenders. Always remember, strippers at strip clubs are at work.

Posted by: Justice_4_all on 7/24/08 at 2:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)

the business has not BEEN Affected BY THE ECONOMY! MANY OF LADIES ARE MAKING alot of thousands anight still... wheather in the club and out the club the rich has not been affected by the economy and they spend well!

Posted by: allbizness702 on 11/17/08 at 8:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

To chile.
I dont think Id like you even if you did get a dance. I do like some guys at work sometimes. Some I like, some I dont. I think you take this whole thing way to seriously, its a dance. Why would you assume anything about our lives? Most dancers I know travel and dont need anyone to take us for free.

Posted by: mslv on 12/22/08 at 10:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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