Stripped Inside The Lives Of Exotic Dancers - Bernadette Barton
Have you ever wondered what it’s really like to be an exotic dancer? It’s not all the glamour and glory you might think, nor is it all sex and drugs. Instead, it’s a job like any other job as the women profiled in Stripped: Inside the Lives of Exotic Dancers shows us. However, unlike some other jobs one might hold, this is one which can be fraught with danger, both physical and emotional and where there is constant pressure on the women who do the job.
You’ll meet women from a variety of locations including San Francisco, Hawaii, and Kentucky and you’ll find out exactly why they got into the business of exotic dancing and what it’s like to keep it up year after year. How do they deal with the low self esteem they sometimes feel from being ogled by men all night long? What is it like to be treated like a piece of meat by so many people? Dr. Bernadette Barton offers some (occasionally) surprising answers to these questions and more.
I found myself absolutely fascinated while reading Stripped and simply could not put the book down. By no means is this an erotic book. Instead, it’s a book about erotica and that’s what’s so fascinating. I’m a reviewer of erotic books and so I spend a great deal of time reading them. However, never before have I had the chance to really see, in the words of real people, what it’s like to be in this business from the other side. Of course the book does tend to offer a bit of a one sided view since Dr. Barton’s intention was obviously to empower the women she interviewed, but I felt like it was downright refreshing to see that. A real eye opener and something not to be missed.
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