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The Strip/Nude Dance Club Scene INTRODUCTION Update: I wrote this about my experience in Phoenix clubs prior to the 1998 law changed which outlawed most contact. Therefore these options are no longer available in Phoenix or most places in the U.S. which is why I enjoy going to Canada with more sexual freedoms but since only there 7-10 days at a time don't develop the relationship with dancers like I use to in Phoenix clubs. However, this report still shows the power of good touch intimacy with dancers. I have been going to Phoenix nude and topless clubs for almost ten years, but with a different purpose than just gawking at nude or topless women. Other cities may offer similar experiences. I am weird in that I have little interest in the dancing or naked bodies to look at. I've been accustomed to nudity for many years doing Esalen massage and teaching intimacy workshops for couples. I am turned off by the tease but turned on by loving, slow, women-centered touch, not gyrating bodies. I enjoy meeting different women who also enjoy good touch. Most of the seductive dancer ads are pure rip-offs unless you want to be just teased. This report is not for men just looking for hot babes. It is for those men seeking more intimacy and human non-sexual interaction. Certain clubs in Phoenix and other cities offer much more wholesome activities than just the typical tease and titillation of most strip dancers. Yes, they have the women doing their erotic dances, but they also offer the opportunity to meet and legally interact with the dancers as real humans, not just sex objects. As an intimacy counselor I realize as a society we need more high quality caring touch between men and women. Not just sexual touch, but the simple acts of holding hands, hugging, stroking, holding in the arms etc. This is much more intimate and meaningful to me then groping and poking body parts. I also know most men have been conditioned to want more "macho" just being teased. The web is full of these hot babe sites. My approach is very different that may open some men up to more intimate experiences. Intimacy is not the same as sex! NONSEXUAL QUALITY TOUCH In sharing my personal experiences I hope that others will come to enjoy quality touch and support the clubs and dancers that offer such experiences. Twenty years ago I was very insecure, lonely and depressed. I first came to enjoy positive experiences in similar clubs in Minneapolis that benefited me greatly. Today I enjoy teaching men and sharing with a wide variety of women. My journey in finding and sharing intimacy has transformed my relationships with women over the years. I wonder as I look at other men in the clubs if some of them are like I was many years ago. MY HISTORY MIGHT HELP OTHERS LEARNING INTIMACY SKILLS So many dancers tell me some men just want to be hugged, but most men don't have a clue about good nonsexual touch. Many dancers tell me they appreciate good touch but seldom find men that want anything more than grabbing and groping. In our society, uptight about so many sexual issues, most men and women do not get enough good touch. Many dancers have told me how great it is just to have me hold them, cuddle, lightly squeezing and stroking them and they wish more men would do this. I share this not to boast, but to perhaps open men up to the opportunities in learning more quality touch and intimacy that can be more fulfilling than being a macho stud or having a naked woman bouncing her body in your face. LOVELY WARM SPIRITS NO SEXUAL TOUCHING DATING DANCERS Another Man shares how Clubs Helped Him "I very much agree with you on these issues. I am 25, intelligent, and well employed but have no social life. My mother & grandmother raised me and did everything possible to keep me away from the opposite sex including forbidding me to date until I was 18 and keeping me nice and fat. To this day they still buy me mounds of chocolate & candy at regular intervals although I just give it away now. Over the last 2 years I've moved out into my own apartment and lost about 100 pounds. I have a number of male friends but I don't really know any women. I have a good career since I've buried myself in it to avoid hating myself. Unfortunately I have absolutely no ability to relate to women. Awhile back I started working from home, and I don't go
to school, so basically I lost any chance of meeting someone. I recently decided
that I HAVE to do something about this NOW, so I've started calling a date
line. Actually I think I lucked out because it is reasonably priced (you can
listen to ads for free you just pay to leave responses) and I've talked to
about 10 different women over the phone in the month I've been using the service.
I've personally met 3 of them, which didn't go very well. Now that I've found
a way to meet women I still can't deal with it when I meet them. I assume you read my last E-mail about the Great Alaskan Bush Company and my comments about Laura. I have little difficulty being near the girls there, thanks to Laura. When I first went there I was scared as hell (it took me 10 shots of Goldschlager in the parking lot to get myself inside). Luckily I met Laura that first time and she sat with me for about 30 min. (I only paid for 2 songs) and we talked and cuddled. It was the first time I had ever actually touched a woman, and she was so warm and receptive. Needless to say I became a regular customer and eventually friends with her. She even started getting me into giving her massages - I now think that may have been indirectly caused by you (small world). (Dave’s note: see review In Phoenix Club section of Alaskan Bush where it has turned into just a tease bar with wholesome touch no longer allowed). Well, the gist of my story is that I've always been shy, I'm quite terrified of being close to women (more physically than mentally, but both) and I'm not exactly a "pretty boy" (although I don’t think I’m UGLY). Lastly my final problem is that if I did manage to get past those the fact that I’m 25 and don't have any idea how to satisfy a woman stops me dead in my tracks." Dave again: I thank the many men that write sharing their most personal concerns. We always respect confidentiality with no personal info given. But it shows why we share ideas and specific clubs and dancers that may offer perhaps more help than years worth of talking about it with a therapist in an office. Letters from Other Men that Enjoy Intimacy and Explain
It So Well Sex Education 101 Why Men Are Attracted To Strip Clubs In a male, if he sees or reads something that excites him sexually, the messages are transmitted to the portion of the brain that controls sexual response. Initially this does not create an erection but an electrical impulse is transmitted to the tiny cowpers glands, located along the sides of the urethra. These glands produce a few drops of the clear slippery fluid that forms at the tip of the penis. The function of this fluid is to act as a lubricant for sexual intercourse. It’s pH level is high (perhaps to decrease the acidity of the vagina increasing likelihood of sperm survival), and its very slippery (to help enter the vagina). At this early stage or arousal the man suddenly feels very good, psychologically, as the brain is flooded with natural chemicals (endorphins) that are very enjoyable and make the man want to continue the sexual arousal. The reason pornography sells well and strip dancers are so enjoyed by men is because it often elicits this response of physiological well being. In gay men, the arousal mechanism works the same, but the object of sexual attraction is another man. Erection occurs after a period of arousal. In young men it may be very soon after initial arousal and without any need for manual stimulation of the penis. As men age, arousal can continue indefinitely without erection, which may need additional manual help. Erection occurs when the spongy tissues of the penis are engorged with blood. There is one large primary artery bringing blood into the penis, and several smaller veins that drain blood out of the penis. When not sexually stimulated there is a balance of blood flow in and out and the penis is flaccid. However, when stimulated, the artery becomes wide open, the heart rate and blood pressure increase and more blood is pumped into the penis. At the same time, valves in the veins controlling the outflow are squeezed shut so the penis enlarges. As men age, sludge builds up in the artery and blood inflow slows. Smoking makes this worse and alcohol decreases the ability of the nervous system to close off the valves in the veins. Keeping physically fit is just as beneficial to ones sexual heath as it is is for good heart, lungs and other body organs. Learning how to lengthen the arousal and erection period while delaying orgasm is an important part of maximizing sexual pleasure. As the erection proceeds, the physical sensations become increasingly more and more exciting, and the psychological pressure to ejaculate becomes more and more intense. The ideal is to keep the stimulation just below the level required to ejaculate while learning to deal with the increasing psychological pressure to ejaculate. Like driving a racing car closer and closer to the wall at ever high speeds, the psychological pleasure becomes more and more intense, the longer the arousal can be maintained without ejaculation, the greater the enjoyment for the man. Furthermore, the longer ejaculation can be delayed, the more pleasure can be shared with the women, who usually requires a much longer period to become fully aroused. A woman can also remain sexually stimulated and enjoy sexual pleasure far longer than the man and often can have multiple orgasms without the refractory period that most men require after ejaculation. Frequent ejaculation is needed for healthy sexual function. In young men ejaculation typically occurs at least once a day either by having sex or masturbation. As we age, frequency becomes less but varies greatly. If you are not properly using your sexual organs nature provides a last resort - wet dreams. This is the body’s natural way of keeping healthy if you don’t exercise your sex organs as nature intended. Lack of frequent ejaculation can lead to prostate blockage and other problems. Our sexual organs are designed for use and enjoyment, not to be considered shameful or to feel guilt by expressing our natural sexual responses. While this discussion involves male sexuality, for women the mechanics are slightly different but the healthy benefits and good feelings are similar. We have discussed female sexuality in detail in other articles, including G-spot orgasms, female ejaculation, etc. The sexual organs before birth are the same for men and women. The penis in a male develops as the clit in a women etc. That is why transgendered people can have sex change operations, since all the parts are the same but based on different hormones received while in the fetus and other genetic factors we develop either male or female at birth. Sometimes the process is disturbed and odd combinations occur such as someone being emotionally one gender while being the sex or another. Another evidence of this is that in male baby the breasts can produce milk. But this soon dries up, as the hormones needed for lactation are not present in a male as he grows. For some men the breasts can be highly sexually aroused just as in women. For other men, such as myself we have no sexual stimulation in our breasts. This is different than in homosexuals where there is no gender/sex misalignment but rather they simply have a same sex natural attraction. This occurs naturally in most all species, animals, plants etc. Others have a mixed (bisexual) orientation, which is also perfectly natural. All sexual orientations should be accepted as such by society as God intended. In summary, both arousal and the erection stage of sexuality are physically and psychologically very enjoyable for both men and women. Men often react more to visual sexual stimulation which is why pornography, strip dancing and looking at nude women is exciting to most men. Women typically are more stimulated by sensual loving touch and more of an intimate, caring, emotional attraction to a man rather than sexual visual stimulation. One study found when shown a series of rapidly appearing and disappearing photographs men responded (as measured by eyes being dilated) mostly to naked women while women responded mostly to pictures of babies, not naked men. In addition to the physical sexual stimulation, more and more men are finding the enjoyment of good non-sexual touch that also releases pleasurable hormones. Many men are also newly finding the pleasure of simply loving women with gentle touch, massage without any sexual stimulation. This is the where healthy interaction with sex workers, including dancers which we promote can be very fulfilling both to men and the women that offer such wholesome intimacy experiences. LEGAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS TOUCHING SO BACKWARDS See Phoenix Strip/Nude Dance Clubs If you are interested in comprehensive reviews of Phoenix Clubs LIBERATED CHRISTIANS The main issue for Christians is the clash between being normal, sexual human beings and the abnormal way Christian tradition (not the original biblical texts) expects us to act to conform to repressive, guilt-provoking and downright silly moral rules that have nothing to do with the Bible or Christ’s direction for us as his people. These views have infected our culture and adversely effect most everyone, whether Christian or not. Our goal is to dispel the traditional myths about Christian sexuality, to promote healthier and responsible polyamous or open relationships as a very legitimate Christian alternative for those that find it much more fulfilling than strictly monogamous relationships. Non-Christians like our ideas on caring intimacy, natural desire for sexual variety, G-spot stimulation, Sybian machine to achieve deepest orgasmic pleasures, female ejaculation, Esalen massage, male impotence and jealously the opposite of love. Nonprofit, not a church or cult. We have an extensive cyber resource center at http://www.libchrist.com. Dancers and sex workers also are invited to contact me as I offer free Esalen massage, emotional support and discussions of the sex business. The views of Dave do not necessarily reflect those of Liberated Christians, its other leaders or participants. Copyright © 1998, Dave in Phoenix |