Why Women Hate Strip Clubs

Why Women Hate Strip Clubs

Getting together with some friends and spending the night at a strip club might seem like good, clean fun to you, but chances are your girlfriend has a decidedly more negative view of your chosen activity. Why does she get so angry when you stumble home smelling like booze and cheap perfume? It’s not like you had sex with another woman, right? It turns out she has a bit of a different perspective on the situation.

Here at The Man Shed, we believe that there’s nothing wrong with strip clubs as long as you’re going to them for the right reasons -- namely, to have some fun with friends. If you’re heading to a strip joint with the intention to get off with a stripper, you’re giving guys a bad name and you'll never be a Better Man with those goals.

If you are indeed a decent guy who occasionally likes to hang out with his buddies while innocently appreciating some exotic dancing, yet your girlfriend simply can’t get over it, she may be what we refer to at The Man Shed as a beautiful pain in the ass. We’ll help you figure out if her protests are justified or if you’d be better off without her.

Here's why women hate strip clubs and the naked truth about her claim.

She’s worried you’ll cheat

Despite your insistence that you follow the strict no-touch policy most strip clubs have in place, she may still be concerned that you’ll stray. After all, it is a highly sexual environment fueled by plenty of alcohol, which results in an atmosphere that makes indiscretions all the more tempting. She knows that you’ll be thinking with your other head while you’re there and she fears the lure of infidelity might win out over your loyalty to her.

The naked truth: The average, decent guy does not go to a strip club with these expectations, but we can understand how she may get this impression. Explain to her the function of strip clubs to men: they are recreational spaces for chilling out with friends, not somewhere a guy goes with a sexual agenda. If she persists in her suspicion, she may be a beautiful pain in the ass.

She suspects you’re comparing

Strippers generally have the kind of bodies that men idolize. They wouldn’t have their jobs if they didn’t. Your girlfriend may be feeling insecure that she is being compared to these fantasy objects -- and that's a big reason why women hate strip clubs.

The naked truth: This has nothing to do with the strip club and everything to do with her lack of self-esteem. Everyone is insecure at times, but if this is constantly a big deal for her, she’s probably a beautiful pain in the ass, or at least has deeper issues that go far beyond the strip club and should be discussed.

She thinks it’s degrading to women

Many women hat strip clubs because they think that these venues are degrading to women and encourage chauvinistic attitudes. The idea of a group of drunk, horny men hooting at a girl taking her clothes off on stage for money is probably not exactly what the feminists of the sexual revolution had in mind.

The naked truth: She does have a bit of a point here. This reaction has more to do with her moral position than it does with an assessment of you or the relationship, so it’s tough to hold it against her.

She thinks it’s trashy

Your disapproving girlfriend may be considering your reputation when she gets huffy about you going to strip clubs. She may not want you to be seen in such an establishment simply because she thinks it doesn’t speak well of your character. She views the strip club as a place for seedy, deviant guys and not for her mature, evolved Better Man. She may also be worried about your professional image, should anyone important see you there.

The naked truth: This is definitely food for thought. Are there people in your life that you would be ashamed to be seen by as you’re stumbling out of a strip club? If so, maybe you should acknowledge that you are putting your image at risk every time you do.

She wonders why she isn’t enough

Some women believe that what a girlfriend provides you with at home should be enough to satisfy your sexual side. She doesn’t understand why you’d want to go watch some other women take off their clothes when you could be at home touching and being touched by your loving girlfriend.

The naked truth: She obviously doesn’t have a very good understanding of male sexuality. If you’re looking but not touching, this is more about her issues than it is about you or the strip club. She is a beautiful pain in the ass.

She thinks you're wasting money

She might think that you’re spending too much at the strip club. It’s all about money for the dancers who want to take as much of it from you as they possibly can. Add to that the horribly overpriced drinks and a night at the strip club can add up pretty quickly.

The naked truth: If you're having tough times with money or have a savings goal for a big purchase you’re trying to make, she is within her rights to question you forking out your cash at the strip club. Fun is fun, but keep your priorities in order.

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Some of these reasons that women hate strip clubs are understandable while others are a little ridiculous. Most of them stem from your girlfriend feeling insecure and a little reassurance from you that she’s the one you love and are devoted to may be all she needs to feel more comfortable with the idea of you spending time at the strip club. On the other hand, she may very well be letting her issues overpower any reasonable argument and, in that case, you may be better off finding a girl who is a little more confident and a little less of a beautiful pain in the ass.