Live Nude Girls Unite! Film Review

1.) The main thesis of the film seemed to be that strippers and other sex workers have less discretion and maneuverability at their jobs because society deems there profession as disgraceful. This was demonstrated in the film throughout the unionizing discussions and talks.
2.) An argument in the film that demonstrates this is when they were discussing what the outcome is if they have a trouble customer and they have to call the police--in many cases one of two things happen, the cops never show up, or they show up hours later. Next, the thesis is further fortified when the girls shared the fact that if they call in sick they get fired, and if you wanted someone to fill in for your shift her breasts had to be bigger than yours.
3.)The thesis of the film relates pretty well to our course. Sex workers are seen as deviant by moral entrepreneurs and much of the middle class in our society, and this view, while tempered with bigotry and "They could have...instead" rhetoric, enables sex workers to be taken advantage of by their employers and others. In this class we are deconstructing the views of such individuals deemed to be deviant. By watching the film, the class was able to see that they were actually real people and that they deserve the same respect as anyone else.
4.)The point I found most convincing was that by the end of the movie, the woman from the local union helping them fight the attorneys, was an ardent advocate for their cause because she was exposed to injustices through the dancers' eyes.
5.) I didn't know enough about the sex work industry to really deconstruct or disagree with their arguments.
6.)The point that really stood out to me in the film was the stage fees that owners nationwide began imposing on their dancers in order to perform. The stage fees began pretty low, but exploded to upwards of $250 dollars, just so dancers could do their job... I would research this point and find out what percentage of the strip clubs in Washington State have stage fees, and how much they are. This would enable us to find an average stage fee for a strip club and have solid data about how much owners are making off of it, and maybe raise enough public awareness to change it.