Here's a question that's been bugging me for quite a while.
How is it that women can say "It's my body; my choice" when we talk about abortion then turn around and say "You can't take your clothes off for money" when we talk about strip clubs?
Something just does not track with me on this one. It's okay to kill a fetus, but it's not okay to bare a boob for a dollar?
C'mon, that just doesn't make sense!
And don't give me the whole "exploitation" thing, because the only one getting exploited in this game is the chump with a pocket full of singles.
I started thinking about this when I heard on the news that there was a couple of shootings at Raymond's, a pool bar out on Clinton Highway. It used to be a strip club until Knox County regulated them out of business because 'adult oriented businesses' create crime.
You know, I was in Raymond's a time or two when it was an 'adult oriented establishment', and as I recall, while the women were stripping, nobody got shot at. In fact, the only crime I'm aware of was the fact that they charged $3.00 for a Coke.
Posted by Rich at January 26, 2006 12:05 AM | TrackBackHow is it that women can say "It's my body; my choice" when we talk about abortion then turn around and say "You can't take your clothes off for money" when we talk about strip clubs?
Who says that?
Most of the legal opposition to strip clubs comes from the religious right, not feminists.
Some (not all) feminists take issue with strip clubs because they believe they are exploitive, but I don't know of many instances where they have taken this to the extent of lobbying to get them banned, which is what the contention is with the abortion debate -- not over whether or not abortion is inherently bad or good, but rather whether or not we can legislate against it, from a civil liberties perspetive.
Posted by: Chris Wage on January 26, 2006 12:30 AM