Bruno

Discussion (6) ¬

1. 
   ronald

   July 14, 2016 at 4:11 am | #

   She used up all the money from the car accident?
2. 
   Christopher

   July 14, 2016 at 9:19 am | #

   It wasn’t all that much money, She mostly spent it going to Europe (the man also paid for her hospital and rehabilitation).
3. 
   Kona

   July 14, 2016 at 11:16 am | #

   Seriously??? I was sure she was being facetious as usual. Although she has posed for art, right? Still…
4. 
   Pete Rogan

   July 14, 2016 at 3:51 pm | #

   It’s still a brave storyline, and illuminates a decision and a job that men have no insight on whatsoever. (Insert ‘other sight’ gag here) Would that more men read it and got it, frankly.
5. 
   ronald

   July 14, 2016 at 10:46 pm | #

   >>>a job that men have no insight on whatsoever

   Well, there are male strippers, some, for lack of a more suitable word, oriented toward straight female audiences and some oriented toward gay male audiences (I suppose that there are also female strippers for lesbian audiences, but that’s beside the point here). Since, frankly, men (of any orientation) are more likely than women (ditto) to spend time and money watching strippers to begin with (just like with pornography) and way more businesses (bars, clubs, whatever) are oriented toward straight male customers than toward gay male customers, I’d presume there aren’t nearly as *many* male strippers as female strippers, but there are some.
6. 
   Pete Rogan

   July 16, 2016 at 10:22 pm | #

   I have to think the experience of male strippers is fundamentally different from that of women. Aside from the commonality of exposure and exhibitionism, male audiences are content to sit and stare, where women are more social, more communicative, and are openly conscious that they are sharing in the naughtiness of it all. But that’s not what I meant.

   Men don’t really ‘get’ why women strip. They’re appreciative, in an almost-not-creepy sort of way, but they’re generally incurious as to why that woman is on stage with that pole for their benefit. At best, I’ve found, they think they’re just lucky to have found a woman who has found her True Calling to passive, often undemanding men. Press these guys and they might admit it could be for the money — but that’s pretty much as far as the analysis goes, and it’s universal. Men in general do not care why a woman strips; they pretty much take it for granted. Their understanding doesn’t so much stop there as it never actually starts. And I find this sad.