Both of us are shy (all be it just shy) of 30 years old and in fairly good shape. We could both easily "rock" the corset and boy shorts uniform.
So, that got my gears turning...why am I against taking that job. Some of the girls boast that they can bring home four digits a week...more than many college graduates with a "real" job make in a month.
For my friend, it is a matter of principle. She finds the skimpy outfits degrading and doesn't want her three daughters to see her resorting to provocative clothing in order to make a decent living.
She also believes that the amount of money she could potentially make as a cocktail waitress might tempt her to forsake her chosen profession, for which she is currently in completing her degree.
For me, well, I'm not really sure it is that cut and dry.
I would like to think that I am secure enough in my own self image that I do not identify myself with my profession. But on the other hand, I have worked very hard to be taken seriously as the intelligent and professional woman that I am.
I think that Christian Bale said it best in Batman Begins..."It is not who I am inside, but what I do that defines me."
As much as I don't want to believe that statement is true...it really is. No one looks at us any deeper than what is on the surface and that is what they base their snap judgments about us on.
We are only as we are perceived.
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