Earlier I made a comment that male strippers aren’t real strippers and someone disagreed, now I’m curious to know everyone else’s opinions. Personally — the only way I would acknowledge a man as a real stripper is if he works at a club that caters to gay men. I decided to Google “US male strip clubs” and do some digging. There aren’t many, and to my surprise the majority are geared exclusively toward women. I selected the lowest reviews option and these are some of the ones I found on a few different clubs. Almost all the positive ones were just women praising stage shows and mentioning birthdays/bachelorettes. It seems like all the money comes from the booking fees for choreographed shows stage tips, and not much mention of private dances. Maybe I’m biased because the vast majority of (conveniently always retired) male “strippers” I’ve encountered were just opportunistic straight men who were full of shit. However I don’t believe performing a choreographed show on stage for groups of women is comparable to privately entertaining men and constantly having to avoid their hands/mouths/dicks. I’m interested to hear all of your thoughts.