It seems as if strippers separate themselves from escorts, so strippers who allow customers to touch them are problematic because they blur the boundaries.
Finally!!!!! Spot on.
This is dealt with by separating strippers into clean and dirty, of course the moral vs immoral connotations of these terms serves to further the self esteem of strippers.
Ah, so close and then this. No, this is not "dealing" with anything. It's just the way the clubs are. Working with dirty dancers didn't make me feel superior because I was clean, it's nothing to do with self esteem. They weren't interested in socialising with us as much as we wanted nothing to do with them. Entirely different types of girls. Being a dirty dancer often meant a lot of other things, they were usually (but not always before someone gets a hard on about that :) ) the drug users, often had problems at home, frequently would disappear for unknown reasons, quite unstable in lot of ways.
I do appreciate though Fester that you take a non judgmental stance towards escorts.
As do I, if that's what you choose as your job, I have no problem with that. What I had a problem with was girls who would work as dancers and perform essentially mild prostitution, which would then tar us all with the same brush. If you want to do that, good. Go and do it in hotel rooms and brothels, what's the problem with that?
Festered...you don't see that you either do extras or you don't? You don't see allowing a customer to fondle your breasts as an extra? It's quite distinct in my mind. If you clean dance, they pay to receive the entertainment you give them. If you start allowing touching, you've been paid to allow a man to touch you up?? Don't you think?