Girls night out at the « Famous 281 Club » and my perspective on penises...30 years later!

For those of you who don’t know, Club 281 in Montréal, it’s a male stripper club. It was founded in 1980 and became a hit with women from Montreal and all over the country. Even Americans girls would visit the “famous” club. In those days it would be opened 7 days a week, and on weekends there were line-ups of women waiting to go see the “go go boys”, as they were called.

I was 19 years old the first time I set foot in Club 281. It was quite impressive to see all these guys, dancing on stage and taking their clothes off, and women going wild. Screaming, laughing, staring, and having them dance at their table for $5. The nice thing about going there was the fact that this place was only for women. You could go with your friends; go crazy and no annoying guy would bother you, like in the regular bars. Men were allowed in, only if accompanied by a woman. Still the same today.

This place was to have a good time among girlfriends, while looking at these gorgeous guys! And gorgeous they were, plus in my recollection they were all well-equipped, if you know what I mean! 

30 years later, we decided to go back there to celebrate one of the girls!  First thing, part of the experience that was completely different from the 80's : a guy in the entrance gave us a very serious speech on "The Rules", what we were allowed and not allowed to do in the club. We were not allowed to take pictures, use our phones to call or text. If we had to use our phones, he suggested to us to go to the washrooms or outside the club. Then he explained to us that we were not allowed to touch the guys. Do they really have to say that? What about the guys touching some of the girls in there :)

We went early, so we got a good table. Now, if you want to sit in front of the stage, it's an extra $80. The girls sitting around the stage were all between 15 and 19 years old and we guessed that they were spending their allowance money or their part time jobs salary! In 2015, dances at your table are $12 each or you can keep the guy dancing for 30 minutes for $80. We did not see a lot of girls having guys staying for 30 minutes, but it must happen. Now you can also take a picture with your favorite dancer for $12 with your own camera! And in this era, there is a cover charge, $8 on Thursdays and $13 on weekends and of course you still have to tip the guy who brings you to your table.

We ordered a bottle of bubbles, and we started to look around us. We saw all these cute guys walking around. Don’t get me wrong, they were cute, with nice bodies but then we looked at each other and we all agreed that they did not have the “testosterone” the guys had in the 80’s!

Times have changed, and what today’s girls find “hot”, for us it was a bunch of kids (some of them probably my son’s age), with nice gym bodies, others very slim, even one with the "lumberjack beard" but overall no testosterone like in the 80's! When they started dancing on the stage and taking their clothes off, more disappointment around the table. What!!! Small penises…except for one of the guys, who is a veteran at the club and over 40. He was the only guy with a big dick! But then we remembered that in the 80's some of the guys when going on the stage, used rubber bands around their penises, to make it half erect so it would look bigger! Still, we all agreed at our table that in the 80's and 90's the dancers at 281 had bigger penises.

At almost 50, we girls, are still talking about penises and size but in a very different way than when we were 18-20! I will make a statement : I have learned that size doesn’t really matter in bed if the guy knows what to do with it…Ok, let me rephrase this...size actually matters a little. Let me explain. If it’s too big, like super huge, you can’t do some positions cause it really hurts. But don't get me wrong, I still like big!  If it’s too too small and you don’t feel anything, that’s just awful!  If it’s just the right size, not to big, not too small, and you feel it good, it can give you great pleasure. But hey what is small, medium or large or the right size after all! The super large ones, easy to know, the other sizes, well it depends on every girl’s perspective! And after all, the penis during sex, is just one of many tools experienced men will use to please a woman.

A young girl at the club last night, said to one of us, that we have probably seen too many penises in our lives, that’s why we were “blasé” and not impressed…cause the 15-20 year old girls who were there screaming and staring at these cute boys last night, were definitely impressed!

So last night at Club 281, I realized that my perspective and expectations on penises has definitely changed over the last 30 years!