Stripping now a viable career option

Posting this involves having to admit that yes, we do occasionally browse the Sun online, but very occasionally it's worth it.

The jobcentre now publishes ads for pole dancers and sex line workers. That's right - alongside the offers of cleaning work, shelf-stacking and the ubiquitous 'picker and packer' jobs, you can also browse to see if your local area has openings for any confident hotties.

We like this very very much. After all - there are occasionally gaps in all sectors of the workforce, and not every grimy strip joint can afford to take out a colour recruitment ad in the weekend Guardian. Of course, some prudes are angry about it, as expected, claiming that it objectifies women and should not be advertised as a viable career option.

Ahem.

What arbitrarily-drawn line divides a pole dancer from a factory worker? OK, the dancers are being sexualised. At the most they may be unrealistically worshipped, and at the least they are merely a pretty slide to be stored in the wank bank.

But are they really any more 'objectified' than those who stand at a conveyor belt sorting products into two different piles? These people are just a more sophisticated version of the machines they work beside. At least in a strip club you're less easily replaced.

Written by Nikki on 30 Mar 2008 3:35 PM. Permalink