I might be out in the left field with this one but my sense is that, generally speaking, strippers propose far less incentive to clients for recurrent business. My opinion stems from deduction more than it does from real life experience (i.e from stribclubs experience which I'm not particularly fond of). The "space" in which the stripper's business spreads itself being far more restricted (the "club", the "cabin") than it is for escorting (a great deal of the outcall biz happens on the internet), my sense is there are greater opportunities in stripclubs for "fast cash". Grabbing the fast cash over offering incentives for recurrent business can be tempting, first, and, two, I'm strongly enclined to believe that strippers don't work according to long term business visions, correct me if I'm wrong.sarahxxx said:Still in big places... I can cosidere myself where I work like"popular"But overcharging for me make us loose custumers more than keeping them....
If they are satisfied they will give a tip will do the same like in the escort world.
Sarah
LeGuy said:Je n'osais pas tout dire ...Ca doit facilement approcher le million de dollars ce qu'elle a gagne ...
LG
Ziggy Montana said:I might be out in the left field with this one but my sense is that, generally speaking, strippers propose far less incentive to clients for recurrent business. My opinion stems from deduction more than it does from real life experience (i.e from stribclubs experience which I'm not particularly fond of). The "space" in which the stripper's business spreads itself being far more restricted (the "club", the "cabin") than it is for escorting (a great deal of the outcall biz happens on the internet), my sense is there are greater opportunities in stripclubs for "fast cash". Grabbing the fast cash over offering incentives for recurrent business can be tempting, first, and, two, I'm strongly enclined to believe that strippers don't work according to long term business visions, correct me if I'm wrong.
sarahxxx said:Ok Ziggy made me use my doctionnary. A lot of girls working in big clubs with a lot of custumers rolling dont care about them ,there always will be an other one...but I dont see it like that . I have a lot of regulars comming to see me once a week a month or whenever they can .I know what they like , friendly chat and they come back. For me the one who make me do 2 dances or whatever every week is more important . The relationship between me and a custumer is important they ask about you and care about you and vice versa.
Sarah
Deserting the abstraction to share this anecdote: July 2006, indulging in a drunken bacchanalia of girls, girls, girls, I had a hobby misfortune that I drowned in a stripclub - what was the place called? - some ugly joint with pink side walls on Côte-de-Liesse. I was by myself and ordered a drink, seconds later, lucky meZiggy Montana said:Grabbing the fast cash over offering incentives for recurrent business can be tempting, first, and, two, I'm strongly enclined to believe that strippers don't work according to long term business visions, correct me if I'm wrong.
Ziggy Montana said:Abstraction doesn't have to be oversimplistic. Your own discreditation of abstraction, on the other hand, is oversimplistic and, furthermore, contradicting its own premises, let alone distorting my own words.
First and foremost, you have proposed, thus far, no alternative to abstraction. Understood that abstraction is only another imperfect way to knowledge, what's yours?
Corollary to that, your own statement would fit in the category of abstractions, actually in two contradicting fields of abstractions: relativism and determinism. Read your own words: "multitude of factors leads escorts or dancers to this way of living" which, in a way, contradicts the following statement: "sure there are a mulitude of factors result in her life style choices..", the operative words being "LEAD" and "CHOICES". So is she "lead" somehow by some determinant forces you haven't yet identified or is she completely free of her choices, as if there wouldn't be such things as economic, cultural, social, historical, etc. forces of influence? You left the two possibilities open without further explanation. Care to explain how things work, according to you, without resorting to abstractions?
This is the part of your statement that distorts my own statements beyond recognition. I don't see where I passed moralistic judgements on either escorts or strippers. Perhaps our understanding of the word "déshumanisation" migh differ according to the semantic differences between the English and the French versions of the word.
Ziggy Montana said:Abstraction doesn't have to be oversimplistic. Your own discreditation of abstraction, on the other hand, is oversimplistic and, furthermore, contradicting its own premises, let alone distorting my own words.
First and foremost, you have proposed, thus far, no alternative to abstraction. Understood that abstraction is only another imperfect way to knowledge, what's yours?
Corollary to that, your own statement would fit in the category of abstractions, actually in two contradicting fields of abstractions: relativism and determinism. Read your own words: "multitude of factors leads escorts or dancers to this way of living" which, in a way, contradicts the following statement: "sure there are a mulitude of factors result in her life style choices..", the operative words being "LEAD" and "CHOICES". So is she "lead" somehow by some determinant forces you haven't yet identified or is she completely free of her choices, as if there wouldn't be such things as economic, cultural, social, historical, etc. forces of influence? You left the two possibilities open without further explanation. Care to explain how things work, according to you, without resorting to abstractions?
This is the part of your statement that distorts my own statements beyond recognition. I don't see where I passed moralistic judgements on either escorts or strippers. Perhaps our understanding of the word "déshumanisation" migh differ according to the semantic differences between the English and the French versions of the word.
So what did he do, fuckfaced the carburetor thinking it was Jen of Devilish?LeGuy said:ElfGoneBad drive something like 600 kms to see one dancer he was told was at the Gentleman. She must have been really good. Want to laugh? She was not at the Gent that night.
Oh I often take that road too yet I'm aware that empiricism can just as much be charged of oversimplifying matters. Oversimplification doesn't depend on how much one emphasizes the role of experience as much as it depends on the quality, the articulation, the depth and reach of the argumentation or presentation of facts. Both approaches, furthermore, are not incompatible.emgeef said:for me an empirical approach , taking the individual cases on hand, is where I go.
I was actually thinking of the dehumanization of women, i.e. women caught in the web of fast cash.emgeef said:I am suspicious of the reasoning that invokes these generalized abstractions...like the dehumanization of the sexual experience if you are a stripper at a dance club..
I am judgemental towards the business model underlying the sex industry, certainly not towards escorts and strippers whom I often depict as victims.emgeef said:it carries with it all kinds of issues and judgements, and I have read your posts and know you are not trying to be judgemental at all.
Perhaps women attractiveness is a contributing factor to "making the choice" but I would certainly not view this as a prerequisite, far from it. Fashion models, in larger U.S., European and Canadian markets (certainly not Montreal, most fashion models would starve if they'd only live off bookings), are making up to US$5,000 per one-day photo shoots, less 20% agency fees. For reasons I won't disclose here, I happen to know a few models that make up to $200,000 yearly, pocket change compared to top models quite the sum compared to the regular girl.emgeef said:I can find , empirically other factors that lead to the choice of lifestyles.. For example, some women are so attractive that this is the path of least resistance to big bucks.
Well, perhaps the Mods here have something to do with this at least they are making these discussions possible by cleaning up the usual disturbing elements.emgeef said:now, ziggy , i must say that nowhere on the internet is this discussion , with such interesting exchanges taking place. we are experiencing a unique moment here...
Maria, tout d'abord un grand merci pour ce témoignage. lequel contribue de manière très significative à notre édification. Je ne nie pas par ailleurs que toute rationalisation menant à des généralisations aient, comme tu l'exprimes, le défaut de ne pas coller parfaitement à la réalité. Le propre de la représentation veut que celle-ci opère un décalage avec la réalité. Ceci étant posé, la réalité ne s'exprime pas d'elle-même, c'est-à-dire sans le travail et l'expression d'un "sujet" ou, plus précisément, d'une conscience structurante.Maria Divina said:surprise de voir que ce "thread" a tellement grandit et évolué ces derniers jours...J'ai lu ce que j'avais manqué....et j'ai remarqué ceci: de par et d'autre, plusieurs participants émettent des généralités concernant d'autres activités connexes à leurs propres actvités. Ex: escortes vs danseuses, Mr vs escortes, Mr vs danseuses....etc.... mais je sais pertinement que des généralités ne seront jamais qu'un reflet d'une réalité..et tout le monde s'entend là-dessus.....
LeGuy said:Ziggy,
You are right. I'd like to express my thanks to the Mods, and since I suspect many Mods are not exactly fluent in French ... this thread must be quite challenging for them.
Thanks you guys,
LG aka A27
Le fil de discussion supporte plusieurs significations parce que c'est aussi le propre de la discussion que celle-ci glisse vers des sujets connexes, plus ou moins reliés aux prémisses sur lequelles la discussion a débuté.Maria Divina said:Ce thread va-t-il, à toute fin pratique, réellement contribuer à l'essor du respect dans ce milieu???? Est-ce seulement utopique d'y croire????
Celui notamment du libre-arbitre. Demain, au plus tard jeudi, j'aborderai le problème de la prostitution juvénile associée aux gangs criminalisés et, après ça on se reparlera des "choix" qu'on propose volontiers à des jeunes femmes qui n'ont d'emblée pas la compétence pour exercer ces choix.Maria Divina said:Oui, effectivement, plusieurs points sont demeurés en suspens
La prostitution juvénile est une variante exacerbée de la logique affairiste qui sous-tend l'industrie du sexe. Je n'ai aucune idée pour l'instant par quel chemin la discussion aboutira à ses conclusions, à supposer que celle-ci aboutisse. Certes, le discours moralisateur sur l'argent, que Marx tient pour l'universel moyen de corruption, trouvera ici une autre tribune pour sévir, sauf que, comme disent lay zanglay, "same old, same old".Maria Divina said:Le sujet touchant les juvéniles associées aux gangs criminalisés va probablement toucher plus notre réalité que l'on pense.....J'ai bien hâte de voir si je me trompe ou non....
Ben oui, j'ai souvent rêvé de porter une moustache nietzschéenne (certains, à tort, me corrigeraient en disant "wagnérienne"), sauf qu'elle aurait probablement produit des effets indésirables dans l'entre jambe des demoiselles.Jessy xxx said:Nietzsche