My friend is missing the point. I don't feel comfortable around strangers, and I think this is the crux of the authors' point. Keeping in mind that I don't have either of the objections he mentioned, since I'm an atheist, and also I dig women, so I'm not asexual.

I feel hurt that some people are so shallow that they are unable to comprehend that not everyone is comfortable in weird situations, but to each their own. I don't know why some guys such as the ones who accused him of being "gay" were so intent on taking the offensive. (not to mention insulting to people that are really homosexual). I don't claim to know or understand what their problem is, but they do seem to be bigoted and insecure, and un-gentlemanly to boot.

P.S. Heather, glad to know that women are able to understand this.

What kind of sanctimonious bullshit is that? Maybe she smokes weed because she likes. And give me a fucking break "pain," they're all there of their own free will. Your anecdotal account from the one stripper at the one strip club you've ever been to hardly means they all hate their jobs.

Awful article.

Polite culture, especially in America, is fairly much dead. It’s seen as boring and decaying traditional, although it, just as Mr. Economics said about various services, has its place. Just like this article. Co-Ed wouldn’t have published it if they didn’t believe it was worth their time, and maybe this was a post that will mess up whatever name they’ve made for themselves and let the people working here move onto something better. The future (and even many things in the present and past) is invisible, and thus you shouldn’t waste time trying to understand something that you never will.

You homophobe lame-asses that post here probably don’t have the mental capacity to understand that someone other than you is *different* than you, more than likely in almost all respects even. So you figure it best to ridicule and attack anyone who would appear weak and powerless to your insults due to their own sensitivity as human beings with a heightened sense of awareness and purpose. I would almost figure to say that you are jealous of his good nature and thus you feel a need to either corrupt or destroy him because you don’t understand anything more than your own little pathetic, mindless and meaningless fucking worlds.

The word “faggot” means a thin stick of wood. It can be used to imply cigarettes and homosexual men. I personally use it to imply an object of my contempt, hatred and loathing. You ignorant fucks who claim that some guy who doesn’t share your single-minded sheep-like following-the-crowd opinion of liking strip clubs is automatically and irreversibly “gay,” “homosexual” or a “faggot” are the true faggots. So go suck a fat fucking dick, you worthless sacks of shit. No one will give a fuck about you when you die. No one will remember your names, no one will even dig up your body from your (probably unmarked) grave to rape it because you are that insignificant.

Oh yeah, good article by the way, man. Voiced a lot of guys’ personal doubts in such situations, very eloquent.

my several strip-club experiences have been similar to that of the author's.

There are those of us who consider it rude to shove our hands all over someone we've only just met.

There are those of us for whom personal space is extremely important and so when it is invaded we immediately put up our guards.

What, I'm supposed to be this male-human animal that feels like I'm getting a good deal just to have a random stranger rub her body up against mine for money?

The way I see it is that if you need to go to a strip club to get that kind of action – you are (in one way or another) just not someone who deserves (or wants) it. Prostitution, escorts – there is a place for them. But strip clubs? Pfft, what a waste.

If I were to pay for a lap dance, I'd know that it was merely a performance for money rather than any kind of expression. I would rather pay for salsa lessons or a ticket to a musical or dance performance.

Saying that there is no reason for getting breasts rubbed in your face is like saying there is no reason to get your car washed. Both are services being bought for whatever reason. People are not just throwing away money for nothing. Try thinking a little more and you will realize that a "customer" could be any age, marital status, or orientation. Is it not conceivable that a person would want the services provided?