It's not striptease. A lot of times people see in the media these gorgeous women dancing with very little clothing on, and the belly dancer is (portrayed) as a vamp. So that's how we get a bad rap.
I started seeing people crossing over to start something new or exciting for exercise in the 1990s.
I'm proud of this one: We went to the bank and we wanted a loan, and they wouldn't give it to us. And so we said, 'OK, fine.' So we started it ourselves. We were profitable within a year and a half.
In our day-to-day lives, we've been stripped away from being feminine. So, when they come in here, it's very hard for them to get back to who they really are.
