No. The suggestion is that most of the audience perceives them as lowlifes, or low enough on the socio-economic totem pole that nobody cares how the performer really feels about her job.
Of course, some people in the audience have a more enlightened view of the business and recognize that the performers are kink positive, free spirits. Hello Gia!
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I think she's hot, hot, hot and that gives her vagina tattoo bonus points. The cat-nose-and-whiskers, though, makes me wonder. That doesn't seem like a smart tattoo at all.
-- Rear Admiral