Acceptance of stripping in the USA

[Brazen]

Haven't been to a strip club per se but I've seen burlesque strip acts, which are to some extent the same but leave you with more money and dignity./

[11B4V]

Dignity...bah, overrated in a strip club.

[Malthus]

There is a strip club in Toronto called "House of Lancaster". It even has a coat of arms on it with the red Lancasterian rose! Classy! 

I wonder what odd bit of historical nerdom created that. And whether anyone has thought to create a rival "House of York" strip club nearby.

Nude jousting!

Jousting without armour would be very, very dangerous.

Sort of comparable to barebacking strippers, when you think of it. 

[Malthus]

Yeah, nothing says "straight", like hanging out with a bunch of guys with hard ons.

Raz gets in a zinger.   

[Valmy]

Hey, I'm not judging.  If you and friends want to pay to get blue balled and then go all lettow in the bathroom to blow off the excess steam, that's fine.  Like I said, I won't judge.  Much.

Ok you are trying way too hard here.

[Josquius]

No.
I've came close. Friends have gone in and I stayed at the door.
It just doesn't appeal to me. Paying to be teased pretty much. Its like going to a club and guarantied striking out. And its freaking expensive and until recently money has always been in very short supply for me.

No moral objections. Just seems a bit crap.

[DontSayBanana]

I remember thinking Jersey was a 'cooler' state because there were titty bar billboards right on the highway.

Meanwhile, going the other way, there's Club Risque on the Schuylkill, right after you go over the Walt Whitman Bridge.

[crazy canuck]

Its like going to a club and guarantied striking out.

Why do some guys here think they are going with the expectation of picking someone up?

[HVC]

I've been to two strip clubs. A seedier one and a high class one. didn't really like either experience. Although at the seedier one i had the very awkward experience of seeing a friends sister who i saw grow up. i had to leave lol

[Eddie Teach]

I've been to two strip clubs. A seedier one and a high class one. didn't really like either experience. Although at the seedier one i had the very awkward experience of seeing a friends sister who i saw grow up. i had to leave lol

Why, was your friend with you?

[Brazen]

seeing a friends sister who i saw grow up.

You were there a long time then.

[Valmy]

I've been to two strip clubs. A seedier one and a high class one. didn't really like either experience.

I loved it.  I was rather surprised how much I did.  I had a fabulous time each time but sort of glad I am too poor and only did it during bachelor parties, I can see how addictive/expensive it could be so I am pretty glad I only went to strip clubs those couple times.

[viper37]

The mention in Caliga's AAR to roadside strip clubs with "college nights" decided me to create this thread, as it was something that had crossed my mind a couple of times.

So, my (admitedly incomplete) perception through anecdotes and the media is that strip/gentlemen clubs are way more accepted and/or legit in the States than anywhere else. Over here they're invariably seedy, but in the US you have the "co-ed paying her way through college" trope, for instance, and they're featured in mainstream media with normal middle-class people attending.

Is this perception correct? How frequented are they by forum members?

There used to be a strip club in my home town.  It has since been destroyed by fire and the city voted a new rule to forbid this type of commerce.

Anyway, back in the time... being a small city, and this being a front for the Hell's Angels, the local club didn't exactly have the best girls of Quebec.  Mostly 40 or 50 years old women looking like 70, totally coked up, often so thin that you could almost see through them.
It used to be better when I was younger, but in the later years, that place wasn't really good.  Not that I'd go that often, but it was the best place to play pool in town.

Quebec city has some nice strip clubs though.  Appaently the best one is on the south shore in St-Romuald.  Never been there though.  It's been ages since I've been to a strip club.

[viper37]

Its like going to a club and guarantied striking out.

Why do some guys here think they are going with the expectation of picking someone up?

if your pockets are deep enough, it's a very high probability that you can pick someone up.

[11B4V]

I find it hard to believe that 20 folks havent been. Get a good crew together and go have fun.