I have a friend who is very opinionated and thinks that it is wrong for women to strip, but he posed nude for an art class and got 200 dollars which he says he really needed at the time.
When I found that out, I told him that he could never make a judgment about a woman stripping and his argument is that it is not the same.
Well lets brake down the facts: His situation compared to an episode of MTV: True life about a stripper
1. They both were in need of money (she had no parents to help her and she was responsible for her brothers and sisters and he was just flat out broke)
2. They both were pleasing an audience whether it is a group who enjoys art or a group that enjoys sexuality
3. They both were NUDE
4. Both of them SOLD their bodies
5. Neither one of them felt that it was morally right, but they did it because they needed to make some money
You can argue that a strip club is a completely different environment than the class, but who is to say that stripping is not a form of art?
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I fully support working single mothers.
This is more difficult than just a stripper vs. nude model argument. I'm not saying that stripping isn't justified nor a form of art (though I do believe that's a stretch), but some things need to be considered here.
Why do strippers strip? They need money and/or like showing off the goods. But why do they make money and keep doing it? What they sell is sex, which certainly not the original intention of a student posing nude for an art class. Strippers are successful because they are essentially are able to create something for viewers appealing to their sexual interests.
Nude models are meant to pose and allow art students to learn how to draw.
I think that there is a connection between nude posing for an art class and stripping- they are both a 'celebration' of sorts for the human body. The human body is not only a technical form for art but it's also one of the most popular subjects. Greek and Roman art were mostly centered around the male and female anatomy and its beauty. While stripping is based on the sexual aspect of the body, there is also an admiration there for the perfect form. Not all foods are everybody's favorite, so not all bodies attract the same customer. While art centers around finely structured muscles and bone structure, customers of strip clubs are looking for their own aspects of the body. Both strippers and models are looking to make money based on their bodies, so I think that they are the same. Their bodies are both being appreciated by their audience.
Hmm, when it comes to this issues it really is hard to compare stripping and posing for an art class. Yes they do have similarities or reasons why someone may get into stripping in a club or class. What I think is different within the two is that stripping in a club is for just flat visual entertainment and sexual arousal. Stripping for a class is for educational growth about human form, the shape and movement of limbs. The art can be interpreted, displayed and used in different ways. Stripping in a club for random men doesn't really allow for what being naked in a class allows for students and viewers. If i were going to sell my body for money you would find me in a class hoping to help art students learn and practice art technique. I wouldn't be at the strip joint.
Mmm me thinks few of you know strippers personally. Of course, I do, and many of them take their dancing very seriously. I'm talking about reading books and magazines, researching songs, and practicing moves. Its as intense an art form as ballet or tap dancing, and a lot of the women take it very seriously.
There is of course the easy availability of money and drugs as well, and many creative people are more open minded to new experiences so they experiment more willingly. Some women feel they don't have a choice but to strip, but most of them are drawn by the money and excitement of a "double life" because they use a stage name. Meanwhile men are throwing away their hard earned paychecks to see some nubile boobage. I personally knew a girl who could take home $700 in a good night.
Meanwhile, some dude stood naked on a platform in front of a bunch of art students who likely paid a lot more in college tuition than most people will drop in a lifetime at a strip club. And he only got $200. Whose the sucker here?
Stripping is such a sensitive topic. Some people are against it and think it is vulgar, while others are obsessed with discovering the intricacies of the naked human body, while some others are impartial to it.
Oftentimes men and women idolize strippers, who they claim are gutsy
and exotic. People who strip may take their dancing seriously and
might read-up on new techniques, but I highly doubt that they are so
narcissistic that they wish to cultivate their practice into a career.
Strippers are scrutinized and put themselves out there to be critiqued and cash rewarded for a god evaluation, but art picks apart the human body just as much, with its over exaggerating of features that may seem to poke fun.
People are just nosy. Curiosity is being human. The bottom line is
that people like seeing what other people look like and how others
act.
Art holds the same note. Personally, I think that the male who posed naked for money, but in the name of art, is nothing like a striping. Strippers glorify sexuality, while art aims to capture a moment of human nature. But then again, stripping can be argued as human in
nature.
There are no easy answers, but in short, one $200 naked posing session is nothing compared to the emotionally and physically demanding, yet extremely profitable trade of stripping.
At first thought, I figured that there was no difference between modeling and stripping. The model had done the same things as a stripper for just about the same reasons. However, after reading the comments, I agree with what Kara, Kelly, and Caroline said about modeling being art. In this case, though, I don't think the model posed for art appreciation.
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