Sexy Ladies Sexing Ladies: How Dancers Negotiate the Presence of Women as Customers in Stripclubs

This paper explores how exotic dancers negotiate the presence of female customers in strip clubs, which are conceived of as explicitly male spaces. We conducted ethnographic research at four strip clubs in southern California, employing an active participant researcher role. Drawing on Goffman’s (1959) dramaturgical analysis, particularly his use of “front stage” performance, we observed three main interactional processes through which dancers contend with the participation of female customers in club activities: passing over, sidestaging, and tailoring. We find that women in strip clubs are unable to fully adopt the role of customer because gender remains a master status. The techniques that dancers use in dealing with female customers, combined with the organizational design of the club, prevent women from participating in strip club activities in a way comparable to that of male customers.

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