Comments on: Good Girls, Bad Girls, Strippers, and Whores

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 27 May 2010 06:41:26 +0000

I really loved this post. I have been very curious about the line between being a sexual being and a sexual object and I think this post brings out a lot of good points. One thing I would like to point out is that although many feminists speak out against porn and sex work, there are many feminists that do the opposite and embrace female sexuality in whatever way a woman chooses to express it. You should check out BUST magazine. Anyway, thanks again for this great post.

By: Sima

Sima — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:34:02 +0000

I loved the post Jen! Gives me hope we’re heading for a better world in truest spiritual sense.

By: Roxy

Roxy — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:38:34 +0000

Great post! I think the one thing I enjoy most is how your posts bring forth true critical thinking. To many “open minded” people truly don’t think critically! Keep em coming!!

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:44:41 +0000

Wow! This is sooo well articulated and thoughtful. I remember taking Women’s Studies in university and having to sit in class and run the gamut of emotions while listening to the arguments of well-intentioned feminists who had very preconceived notions about the sex trade. There were things I loved about WS and I developed excellent critical thinking skills in those classes, but as a former stripper, I felt very degraded by the very people who (ironically) were seeking to save womankind from degradation!
Thank you so much for posting this!!!!

By: maria

maria — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:51:58 +0000

Evalynn, Kelly, thank you both!
I’m not a stripper, not a prostitute, not even a pole dancer (yet) but simply the mother of 3 girls that that had a strange situation in live with strippers/prostitutes/husband and decided to see for herself what kind of world is that! I found that sometimes things are very bad, both in prostitution and stripping clubs, but I went to a strip club, all by myself, and I talked to the girls, saw where they changed their clothes, heard a little bit of their lives, and, all of the suden, their live/work is not as glamorous as we think! On the other hand, it’s not all bad and dirty and many of us think. I was, during a long period of time, obcessed with strippers and prostitutes, and found myself digging harder to get there, wherever ‘there’ was… I found out that I, in my 45′s, have an open mentality about these matters, and DON’T LOOK DOWN either on strippers or prostitutes. I myself couldn’t bring myself doing such a job (I don’t have the right body or the skils to do it), but I really don’t condemn. I guess that one should do what one can to make yourself happy. I thanked you both earlier and now again because reading what you wrote gave me that feeling of “Great! Here’s some gals that really dig what they do, and DON’T CARE MUCH ABOUT THE OPINION that some Dick, Tom or Harry have.” Good for you, and for me, for evolving….