A study has found that 25 percent of British lap dancers have a college degree. The research by Dr Teela Sanders of the University of Leeds and Kate Hardy of Queen Mary College, University of London, is sumarized here. The BBC-TV discussion of the findings by Dr. Belinda Brooks-Gordon and a lap dance club owner (above) is more entertaining, though.
The preliminary phase of the study was based on interviews with 300 dancers, all of whom had finished high school. 87 per cent had some further education, and one in four had undergraduate degrees. One third were students of some kind, 13.9 per cent were undergraduates, and 6.3 per cent were graduate students.
British university graduates need to repay student loans, and lap dancers working four weekly shifts are said to earn annual incomes of £24,000 to £48,000 ($37,000 to $74,000). The study’s researchers say there is no evidence of human trafficking.
Lap dancing is tacky, but it’s show biz. In France, thousands of students are working their way through college by prostitution.
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September 11, 2010 at 12:24 pm
UPDATES:
“Lap dancers not just pretty faces,” The Sun.
“Lapdancing research update – The Regulatory Dance,” Petra Boynton