I get both comments and emails from readers with some stories that will shake just about anybody into reality. This one comes from a girl who strips; but feels like there are no other options out there for her.
“I strip because I can’t find a job doing anything else. I have a medical assisting degree and some college credits. I have applied everywhere including wal mart and mcdonalds with no luck. Temp agencies have no accounts because the economy is so bad. I am signed up with all of them in my city.I don’t want to be a dancer, I do it because I have no other option. Medical assisting jobs are few and far between. They only want people with experience. I have a child to feed and bills to pay. If welfare was an option I would take it. I can only get benefits if I agree to quit my job and go to their work school, which is basically working for a company full time for $300 dollars a month , food stamps and health care. I can’t afford to do that. Going back to school is not an option for me. The only thing that is allowing me to survive is stripping. Until I can find a full time job,which seems to be hopelessly impossible these days, stripping is the only thing preventing me from being homeless. And stripping is not great money all the time. It’s feast or famine. Men are struggling with money lately and can’t afford to go to clubs like before the economy went to HELL. I have friend with a nursing degree who is in the same boat as I am. We feel like we wasted our time and money working so hard to get through school to graduate with no jobs available. We aren’t the only ones, you would be surprised how many strippers have degrees. Given the choice, I would not be stripping. At this time, I don’t have a choice.”
If you think you can offer some real help to this young woman, hit me up via the contact link.
