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Bare : On Women, Dancing, Sex, and Power by Elisabeth Eaves is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Bare : On Women, Dancing, Sex, and Power about?
It began when she was a teenager with an awareness of her body and the reaction other people had to it. It continued with the realization that women's bodies often gave them a strange power over men. As an adult, it became a fascination with professional sex workers, leading to a plunge into their world. And when Elisabeth Eaves left the world of peep shows and private dancers for the more socially acceptable career of international journalism, she found she could not put that fascination behind her. Her experiences had left her with too many questions and too few answers. So she returned to the world she had left behind. Now, in this candid and insightful book, she recounts her firsthand experience of stripping and gives us a new understanding of women's sexuality and contemporary sexual mores.Bare follows the author and her fellow dancers through Seattle strip clubs and bachelor parties, exploring in riveting detail Eaves's own motivations and behavior, as well as those of her coworkers, as they make their way through the sometimes exhilarating, often disturbing world of stripping. Grounded in an understanding of the intricate dynamics of exchanging sexual services for money, Eav
Who reads Bare : On Women, Dancing, Sex, and Power?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Elisabeth Eaves
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780307814494
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Memoir, Health & Fitness
- Rating
- 3.49 / 5 (71 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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