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Naked Women and Male Bonding
Bachelor parties and strippers just go together.
T
he bachelor party is a rite of passage.
For many heterosexual men, getting
married means giving up an old way of life
in favor of a new one. The bachelor party
(and in effect the best man, who traditionally
is responsible for throwing the bachelor
party) bears the responsibility of providing
one final huzzah for the groom-to-be.
At many bachelor parties of the hetero-
sexual type, strippers are just part of the
equation. It is not a phenomenon inherent or
limited to straight men. But it is accepted,
sometimes with complete blessings, some-
times begrudgingly, by the wife-to-be as the
groom’s last opportunity to see another
woman in the nude.
“I could care less,” explains Kathryn Badger,
a 21-year-old bachelorette with wedding plans
for next fall. “I trust that he (her fiancé) is not
going to think a stripper is more attractive than
me and then not want to get married.”
The Hot Body Club is a popular stop for
many men preparing to tie the knot. Their
bachelor party package includes a four-girl
stage show accompanied by a Polaroid and
T-shirt commemorating the occasion. You
can walk into the Hot Body Club almost any
night of the week and witness a young bach-
elor on stage, sitting on his hands, as four
beautiful girls dance seductively around him.
“It’s their last shot at freedom,” explains
Rico, the manager of the Hot Body Club.
“It’s hard to get out when you’re married.”
Featuring a female stripper at a bachelor
party is an opportunity for a heterosexual
man to exert his sexuality one final time in a
professional, controlled environment, before
committing to his spouse. A strip club is a
business after all, and strippers, whether you
see them at a club or hire them privately, are
professionals.
Putting aside social constructs though,
the female stripper does not have to be the
last bastion of guy’s night out. For example,
the best man could round up the bachelor’s
posse and play paintball. Rent equipment at
BY STEVEN SAWADA
“They need a strip-
per because they’re
really fantasizing
about each other,”
Wilson said. “It
also masks true
conversation
issues.”
I
personally
have the honor of
being the best man for
an old college buddy of
mine. I don’t fantasize
about him, but the night will
incorporate a professional female
Featuring a female stripper at a bachelor party is an opportunity for a
heterosexual man to exert his sexuality one final time in a professional,
controlled environment before committing to his spouse.
places such as Paintball Palace. Las Vegas is
another popular option sometimes chosen by
upwardly mobile bachelors. But the jaunt to
Vegas often involves strippers as well.
Hair stylist David Wilson, owner of Hair by
David, describes himself as a “universalist”
when it comes to love and said having a female
stripper at a bachelor party is one of the few
ways heterosexual men know how to bond.
dancer. In addition, I figured because he per-
forms in a local punk rock band, what better
way to pay homage to his rock and roll bach-
elor days than through a punk rock concert
culminating in a roast by other local punk
luminaries. I am proud of that idea. I’m
adding the stripper solely out of good form.
Marriage, partnership, promise ceremony
— call it what you will. When it’s something
that’s supposed to be for the rest of our lives,
we men do rely on each other in our final
days as bachelors, despite the communica-
tion barriers in place that make it harder for
us to express ourselves. It’s really more
about bonding than naked girls. The bachelor
party ensures that through marriage,
your male friends will always be there for
you.
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