Acceptance of stripping in the USA

[Sheilbh]

Actually I've two friends who've been to strip clubs.  One works in the city.  The other was very drunk at his birthday and got taken to a strip club in Portsmouth (God help us)  

He did get a good story out of it though.

[derspiess]

I've never understood the notion of hanging out with your buddies to look at nude women. To my mind, looking at nude women is more of a solitary and private pursuit. 

To me the sticking point is not being able to do anything with them once you're done looking.  At the nude women, that is.  Not your buddies.

When I was single, at least, I'd rather have taken my chances at a bar.

[Jacob]

There's a distinct sub-section of game devs who enjoy going to strip joints with some frequency, at least here in Vancouver. At the last place I worked, there was a crew who'd go at least once a week, and often would end up there after a night on town.

[Malthus]

I've never understood the notion of hanging out with your buddies to look at nude women. To my mind, looking at nude women is more of a solitary and private pursuit. 

To me the sticking point is not being able to do anything with them once you're done looking.  At the nude women, that is.  Not your buddies.

Even if you could - what with "lap dancing" and the like - would you want to with your buddies watching? Seems kinda off-putting to me.

When I was single, at least, I'd rather have taken my chances at a bar.

Agreed.

[katmai]

Even if you could - what with "lap dancing" and the like - would you want to with your buddies watching? Seems kinda off-putting to me.

Because your buddies are getting their own lap dances, ya weirdo.

[Duque de Bragança]

St. Pauli?

Yes, but I wouldn't be surprised if other big cities have such clubs as well, e.g. Cologne or Berlin. I have never looked for that kind of place though, so I can only guess. There are also "sex fairs" where they sell sex toys etc. and those might have live sex on the stage too.

Now that I think about it, I wonder if prostitution being legal or not has an influence on the number of strip clubs. As far as I can tell, there are more brothels here than strip clubs.

Sounds like Frankfurt (am Main) as well. With all the FKK/Eros centers etc. offer all over Germany, I can see why. Lots of US servicemen in the area as well though

[CountDeMoney]

To me, it would seem like an incredibly tacky thing to do, after all us Brits aren't that good at any public portrayal of congress or sexualness.

I can appreciate that;  hell, even your porn sucks.

[Barrister]

I've never understood the notion of hanging out with your buddies to look at nude women. To my mind, looking at nude women is more of a solitary and private pursuit. 

To me the sticking point is not being able to do anything with them once you're done looking.  At the nude women, that is.  Not your buddies.

Even if you could - what with "lap dancing" and the like - would you want to with your buddies watching? Seems kinda off-putting to me.

When I was single, at least, I'd rather have taken my chances at a bar.

Agreed.

But that was the one nice thing about the strip club.  You're NOT there to pick up women.  Sometimes going to the bar with my buddies (who were about the same level of geeky as me - geeky, but not utterly repellent to women) everyone was trying to act too "cool".  At the strip club you didn't give a shit.

[CountDeMoney]

But that was the one nice thing about the strip club.  You're NOT there to pick up women.  Sometimes going to the bar with my buddies (who were about the same level of geeky as me - geeky, but not utterly repellent to women) everyone was trying to act too "cool".  At the strip club you didn't give a shit.

Yeah, but neither do they.  There are very, very few examples in life where you spend more money for less of a return to show for it than a strip club.

Only two words matter in a strip club, or you're just wasting your time:  Out. Call.

[crazy canuck]

When I was single I preferred going to bars and night clubs with my friends.    After I got married I much preferred going for drinks with my single friends at the strip clubs. 

Now that we are all married we just go to eachothers houses and drink wine you couldnt get at either bars or strip clubs.

[Ed Anger]

I believe in some States you can't mix alcohol with full nudity. So typically strippers were g-strings so the patrons can drink. But otherwise there's nothing illegitimate about them, I don't think.

You're right;  for instance, in Ohio IIRC, they're juice bars.  No alcohol permitted.  But I'm not sure if that's a county-by-county thing, Monkey Anger can answer that.

Some ordinances vary from jurisdiction regarding the type of nudity permitted;  for instance, Baltimore City allows nipplage, but not Baltimore County.

And some jurisdictions don't allow women to enter as patrons, period.

Correct. Booze = Boobies only.

Also, many towns here will fight tooth and nail to make sure adult businesses stay the fuck out.

[Barrister]

But that was the one nice thing about the strip club.  You're NOT there to pick up women.  Sometimes going to the bar with my buddies (who were about the same level of geeky as me - geeky, but not utterly repellent to women) everyone was trying to act too "cool".  At the strip club you didn't give a shit.

Yeah, but neither do they.  There are very, very few examples in life where you spend more money for less of a return to show for it than a strip club.

Only two words matter in a strip club, or you're just wasting your time:  Out. Call.

I dunno (and remember these are my memories from one particular year when I did go to strip clubs with frequency).

Instead of the usual perverts and creeps who just sit there and stare the peelers seemed to appreciate when a nunch of college students would show up and inject some life into things, even without spending a lot of money.

[mongers]

But that was the one nice thing about the strip club.  You're NOT there to pick up women.  Sometimes going to the bar with my buddies (who were about the same level of geeky as me - geeky, but not utterly repellent to women) everyone was trying to act too "cool".  At the strip club you didn't give a shit.

Yeah, but neither do they.  There are very, very few examples in life where you spend more money for less of a return to show for it than a strip club.

Only two words matter in a strip club, or you're just wasting your time:  Out. Call.

I dunno (and remember these are my memories from one particular year when I did go to strip clubs with frequency).

Instead of the usual perverts and creeps who just sit there and stare the peelers seemed to appreciate when a nunch of college students would show up and inject some life into things, even without spending a lot of money.

You know it's all an act ?

[crazy canuck]

Correct. Booze = Boobies only.

The problem with the US summarized as only Ed Anger can.

[crazy canuck]

You know it's all an act ?

And that matter because?

When you enjoy a movie do you say to yourself,  "But its all just an act"?

Of course its an act.  That is the whole point BB is making.