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A feminist stripper is a professional exotic dancer who does not conform to the stereotypes associated with exotic dancers, and instead identifies positively with the identity of stripper. Feminist strippers are sex-positive feminists who view their profession as a choice and a career field. Feminist strippers interact with their profession in a positive manner and view it as a female-centric form of power by asserting their autonomy and by making informed decisions in regard to the regulation of their bodies.[1][2][3]
The autonomy of feminist strippers is seen through their ability to choose for whom they perform, when they will perform, the content of their performance, and how long it will last. "Since one must exercise control over one's life to be autonomous, autonomy is something that a person accomplishes, not something that happens to persons. But freedom is precisely a combination of self-creation and what happens to you".[4] There is liberation in the free expression of their sexuality. Becoming a stripper can give a "curious kind of control over those who watched".[5] Roberta Perkin's work with sex workers showed that they "exerted a significant amount of control over their working lives, felt empowered by their work and most were not arrested or subjected to violence."[6]
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- ^ Crane, Antonia (15 December 2014). "Inside the world of a feminist stripper". CNN.
- ^ Sanders, Teela; Hardy, Kate (2014). "Speaking Back - the feminist and class politics of stripping". Flexible Workers Labour, Regulation and the Political Economy of the Stripping Industry. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9781317755333.
- ^ Brison, Susan J. (2006). "Contentious Freedom: Sex Work and Social Construction". Hypatia. 21 (4): 192–200. doi:10.1111/j.1527-2001.2006.tb01136.x. JSTOR 4640030. S2CID 143824743.
- ^ Kesller-Haris, Alice (1985). "Selling Sex, Buying Power? [ Review of the book Naked is the Best Disguise: My Life as a Stripper]". The Women's Review of Books. 5 (12): 12. JSTOR 4019640.
- ^ Rupp, Leila J. (2007). "Mobius Stripping [Review of the book Inside the Lives of Exotic Dancers". The Women's Review of Books. 1 (24): 18–19. JSTOR 4024698.