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my best friend recently started stripping and I’m the only one that knows. doing my best to be supportive and understanding but it feels so weird
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Anonymous 7w

Why is it weird?

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Anonymous 7w

I think it’s cool that you’re using this space to process your feelings instead of betraying her trust. You feeling weird about it is valid but you’re a good friend for keeping her secret and not making he feel judged. It’s important for her to have someone to confide in

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Anonymous 7w

Stripping is such a normal thing nowadays tho… why is it weird for you?

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Anonymous 7w

you’re encouraging prostitution lol

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Anonymous 7w

She's pathetic

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

I would have never thought that she wanted to work at a strip club

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

She comes from a super religious background, her family would not approve of this. Feels weird that I’m the only one that’s knows lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

Selling access to our bodies in any form should not be normalized

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 7w

Thats any physical labor btw

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

That’s different. That’s selling a task

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 7w

Well tbh I don’t think she cares about what her family would approve of if she went ahead and took the job. She’s probably just doing what’s best for her at this point in her life, just continue to be supportive as her friend. I feel that’s best in this situation.

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Anonymous 7w

I’m not anti sex work, I’m just surprised that she’s got into it so quickly

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 7w

Well it is… I don’t really know what to tell you friend 🤷🏾‍♀️

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

You do know that we can make a change, right? We don’t have to accept things being normalized

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

Do you see violence in the world and think “well that’s just how it goes” or do you get angry?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

That’s what I’m doing, and her family is abusive af also

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Anonymous 7w

Do u believe in freedom or not?

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Anonymous 7w

Its degrading if youre misogynistic about it. Being a SWERF is not helping those in the sex entertainment industry and only makes the industry more dangerous by encouraging the tabooness. The more its pushed towards deviance the less their lives mean to the public and the more risk incurred from those types of jobs

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 7w

Not the military. Youre legit contracting out your body to serve imperialism. Most dancers/sex workers i know are either self employed or work in a cooperative

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 7w

Hey, I’m not here to argue. I was just trying to understand why the OP felt weird about her friend’s choice to do exotic dancing. I don’t think stripping is all bad, but it’s a topic that people have different perspectives on and I understand that. Women now have the right to do whatever they please and I’m all here for it! I was just curious about where the OP was coming from.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 7w

Then that shouldn’t be a surprise. Why are we acting like people who grow up under super strict households don’t act a fool when they get freedom?

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 7w

so is stripping lol. stripping is a service you provide for money that provides time and skill and labor. just like any other job. treating sex work as if it’s some completely different kind of work is anti sex positivity and hurts people who do sex work.

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 7w

…..ok?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

you don’t know anything about the strip club or the kind of people in that world if you think it’s comparable to going into a 9-5

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 7w

I don’t feel that weird lmao, I’m more focused protecting her from abusive family they know me too. Main reason why she told me was probably for safety reasons

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 7w

Strippers don’t have sex with customers so no

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 7w

Im not sure i compared it to a 9-5. I know its different im just saying theres a double standard with what ppl consider selling their body

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 7w

“Prostitution is the practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for money or other valuables” the same way nude models and onlyfans thots are prostitutes except you’re live

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 7w

oh wow so you’re just stupid AND a bad person with bad politics

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 7w

u typed so much but said nothing of value

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 7w

i wrote one sentence????????

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 7w

LMAOOOOOO

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 7w

OSTM 😔

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