Men and Strip Clubs

Sources:

• Bureau of Labor Statistics, Adult Video News Media Network 
• "The Erotic Economy" by Angelina Spencer, Association of Club Executives

**Global strip club annual revenue:$75 billion

**US strip club annual revenue: $3.1 billion

**Metro Atlanta strip club annual revenue:$240 million

**Number of strip clubs in the US:4,000

**Number of strip clubs in Metro Atlanta:19

**City with most strip clubs per 100,000 residents:Springfield, Oregon

Six largest US markets for strip clubs:Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, Las Vegas, Los Angeles

Estimated number of strippers in US clubs: 400,000Average annual earnings for a stripper: $70,000 - $100,000

Dancer Statistic

• More women are employed by the sex industry than at any other time in history.
• Women in the sex industry experience Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder at rates equivalent to veterans of combat war.  One study found that 35% of strippers have Multiple Personality Disorder, 55% had Borderline Personality Disorder, and 60% had Major Depressive Episodes.
• Between 66% and 90% of women in the sex industry were sexually abused as children.
• 89% of women in the sex industry said they wanted to escape, but had no other means for survival.

Information retrieved from: victoriasfriends.com/statistics