(10-28-2015, 12:35 AM)Knahli Wrote: Not once did I ever fall under the impression that they were anything more than low-income entertainers. Aside from the aforementioned example of the Ball Dance quest not so much as implying anything of the sort, I also find it a little difficult to believe that such people would be hired to remain present in a private and very well-established residential district; a subjective opinion perhaps, but that's my impression nonetheless.
Also the middle of the markets seems like an unusual venue for me. At least for mere dancers - who are scraping for any coin at all to be thrown their way - it seems perfect since it ought to be consistently crowded with people who obviously have money.
If one remembers the Ball Dance quest, the girl in question wanted to learn a different art of dancing more sophisticated than her own. It was heavily implied that she was one of Ul'Dah's infamous dancing girls, and they strengthened the stereotype with her being Miqo'te.
From the way she looked down upon her current ... profession, it's easy for me to correlate that "She's a lowly whore!" mentality with seeing those dancing girls in Ul'Dah. In places like Bazaars, I would imagine they would make a fair bit of money by receiving coin from the pockets of impulsive individuals.
But it definitely would be seen as sleazy and promiscuous regardless of whether or not the dancers are actually prostitutes. My head-canon tells me that some are, some aren't. But I think there's definitely an image out of there of all of them being correlated with a sexual overtone and viewed as kind of lower than the standard member of society.
Not to mention that there are performing artists that breath fire and juggle and do street acrobatics. Those people aren't usually seen under the same light as the dancers though. There's not really a feeling of promiscuousness with them I think. It's more regulated towards the dancers, and that could very well be because the dancers might use their gender as an advantage.
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