The queen behind the dancing king: live experience of spouses of male strippers

Abstract

Understanding the type of family structure and dynamics of family whose head of the family is a stripper is essential in uncovering the unknown dimension of a unique family. The study wishes to explore the live experiences of spouses of male strippers. It is made to believed that a society is built on a strong family which is the basic unit and a strong committed family commitment would possibly improve quality of life of the society. The study used Qualitative Phenomological Design. Six participants are included in the study with the following inclusion criteria; live in or married for at least six months while husband is still dancing at bars. Structured interview was utilized in the study. Van Khaam method was used in data management. The findings revealed five major themes namely engaging, loving with two sub themes, loving because and loving inspite, struggling with three sub themes: internal struggle and external struggle and economic burden, accepting with two sub themes; resignation and acceptance because of same work and lastly transforming husband. The experience of spouses of male strippers is an evolving journey. The transformation of the spouses and the events attached to the experience has developed the individual into a strong individual. The study recommends that nurses make a planned counseling program for this risk groups to decrease anxiety and stress of spouses of male strippers and make a quality of life research using the same population to better understand the phenomenon.