Welcome to Your Fantasy

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In the 1980s the “male exotic dancers” of Chippendales were everywhere, selling the promise of women’s liberation for the price of a few dollars in a g-string. Read more

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Our take on Welcome to Your Fantasy podcast

Historian Natalia Petrzela lays bare all the nuances that lay deep behind the bare chests of the Chippendales, the webs of lies, jealousy and malevolence that brought it all down. First off, Petrzela examines this unexamined story in American culture and exposes all the truth behind it. Complex gender wars and toxic businessmen who wanted to capitalize on female desire are some of the things behind the male stripper industry, and Petrzela exposes it all. Welcome to your fantasy is well researched, and Petrzela does a beautiful job with the presentation. This is a story of betrayal, murder, greed, corruption and exploitation at its worst.