Community Quote by Violet Chachki

At male strip shows, it is still the women that we watch, the audience of women and their eager faces. They are more obscene…

— Jean Baudrillard

It's about time that people forget that image of strip clubs as seedy places...Rather, today's clubs are capital-intensive female-empowerment zones.

— Demi Moore

Really, drag is like, 'Oh, I'm putting on women's clothing,' but it's just clothing. The people who assign it as being for women is…

— Alaska

I've been to strip clubs where the dancers have these whole routines that they create just for the wow factor and to say, 'Look…

— Megalyn Echikunwoke

Some women need to walk around with a stripper pole to match their outfit.

— Nikhil Saluja

In the entertainment industry women are often judged. They judge bigger women, they judge black women, and older women too. We just don't do…

— Sharon Needles

Look, just trying to make it in the entertainment industry pits people against each other. And I don't think that's specific to women. It…

— Leslie Grossman

Drag has been featured in popular culture for decades. Movies like 'Kinky Boots,' 'Tootsie,' 'The Birdcage' - even 'Mrs. Doubtfire' - have showcased men,…

— Jenna Wortham

A lot of people still have the idea that drag goes from one end of the gender spectrum to the other end of the…

— Sasha Velour

There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop,…

— Adam Lambert

It's a crazy society when guys wanna see a movie about a teddy bear, and girls wanna see a movie about strippers.

— Anonymous

On whether Blurred Lines' video is sexist: I don't. I really appreciate the people who watch out for that stuff, and I'm sensitive to…

— Emily Ratajkowski