Why DO women visit strip clubs?
Last week, it was Rihanna, before that, Emma Watson, Katy Perry and (astonishingly) even Princess Eugenie...
Eleven o’clock on a Friday night in Central London. I’m sitting on a velveteen sofa in a cordoned off area of Sophisticats, a lap-dancing club in Marylebone.
A pretty young woman called Zoe is dancing in front of me. She can’t be much older than 21, with platinum blonde hair extensions stretching down to her waist, fake nails and far too much glittery make-up.
I’m more than uncomfortable. But unlike Rihanna, who was spotted exiting London’s Stringfellows last week, I’m not here for fun. I’m here to investigate the apparently growing trend of heterosexual women spending their hard-earned wages watching semi-naked girls pole dancing, rather than the more typical pursuits of a meal out or the cinema.
It’s been claimed more women than ever before are frequenting these ‘gentlemen’s clubs’ — some of which have reported a 30 per cent rise in female clientele in a year.
Eleven o’clock on a Friday night in Central London. I’m sitting on a velveteen sofa in a cordoned off area of Sophisticats, a lap-dancing club in Marylebone.
A pretty young woman called Zoe is dancing in front of me. She can’t be much older than 21, with platinum blonde hair extensions stretching down to her waist, fake nails and far too much glittery make-up.
I’m more than uncomfortable. But unlike Rihanna, who was spotted exiting London’s Stringfellows last week, I’m not here for fun. I’m here to investigate the apparently growing trend of heterosexual women spending their hard-earned wages watching semi-naked girls pole dancing, rather than the more typical pursuits of a meal out or the cinema.
It’s been claimed more women than ever before are frequenting these ‘gentlemen’s clubs’ — some of which have reported a 30 per cent rise in female clientele in a year.
