Exploiter or Exploited: Topless Dancers Reflect on Their Experiences

This article presents a secondary analysis of interviews with 30 current and former topless dancers, focusing on references to their experiences of stigma and exploitation. No dancers expressed the opinion that dancers alone were exploited by topless dancing. They cited the mutual exploitation of cu...

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Published in:Affilia 1998-10, Vol.13 (3), p.352-368
Main Authors: Bell, Holly, Sloan, Lacey, Strickling, Chris
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult entertainment
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Dancers & choreographers
Experiences
Exploitation
Feminism
Interviews
Nude dancing
Nudity
Sexual harassment
Southwestern USA
Stigma
Strippers
Women
Working Women
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Summary:This article presents a secondary analysis of interviews with 30 current and former topless dancers, focusing on references to their experiences of stigma and exploitation. No dancers expressed the opinion that dancers alone were exploited by topless dancing. They cited the mutual exploitation of customers and dancers and exploitation of customers by dancers. In addition, some experienced the stigma associated with topless dancing as exploitation. The implications of the findings for the feminist debate on whether sex work exploits women and for social work practice are discussed.
ISSN:0886-1099
1552-3020
DOI:10.1177/088610999801300306