BIZARRE HR
UK - With the allure of an attractive income, many female British university graduates are more than happy to work as pole or lap dancers.
A study conducted by University of Leeds found one in four dancers who worked at bars have a college degree, reported UK Daily Star. Nine in 10 said they had passed their A-levels. Arts undergraduates were most likely to land themselves in dancing, while many law students were also reported to be working in clubs. The majority of 300 dancers polled also reported high job satisfaction levels.
Most of them were lured into the profession simply because it was lucrative. Most lap dancers could earn £230 (S$479) per shift, and they worked around two to fours shifts a week. They would be able to earn between £24,000 (S$50,000) and £48,000 (S$100,000) yearly, which would suffice to see them through their further tertiary education. Some unemployed fresh graduates joined the profession because they were unable to find a proper office job and working as bartenders would not match the salaries they could make from dancing.
Teela Sanders from University of Leeds said the girls were not forced into the jobs by traffickers or drug abuse as opposed to popular belief. These university graduates saw it as an "economic choice". But Sanders was taken aback by the "endless supply of women" who are willing to work as pole or lap dancers.
"These women are incredibly body-confident. They do not think they are being exploited because they are the ones making the money," Sanders said.
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