Seen And Not Whored

Seen And Not Whored

The local strip club has been a cornerstone of communities for generations, but this longstanding institution is in jeopardy as an underground phenomenon known as snuggling appears to be siphoning off both female employees and male clientele at an alarming pace.

Professional snugglers offer various forms of hugging, spooning and cuddling at hourly rates, often doing business out of establishments called snuggle houses, though streetwalkers have been spotted in some major metropolitan areas. When I asked a former stripper and now full time snuggler, who goes by the pseudonym, Snuggleupagus, about her new career, she said,”The key is keeping regular clients. It’s not easy getting them to come back, and it’s not just the snuggling, yeah, we do try lots of different positions, but it’s more than that, it’s the conversation too.” Snuggleupagus then introduced me to one of her regulars, John, who was a strip club patron but now exclusively visits snuggle houses; John seemed conflicted on the matter of professional snuggling, and said, “It doesn’t mean I don’t love my wife.”

Strip club owners are understandably hostile towards snuggling, a growing faction are threatening to band together and prohibit strippers-cum-snugglers from working the pole in a gentlemen’s club ever again. Snuggleupagus, herself remarked on her former employer’s antagonism, “I hear them, but at the end of the day what we do with our bodies is our business.”