Lap Dancing Clubs

Furrowed Brow · Post by **Furrowed Brow** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 9:43 pm

Ok just had a night out on the town.

Questions:

Is it immoral to be a dancer in lap dancing club?
Is it immoral tol be a waitress or waiter or doorman for a lap dancing club?
Is it immoral to be a punter in a lap dancing club?

JoeyKnothead · Post by **JoeyKnothead** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:14 pm

From the OP:

Opie wrote: Is it immoral to be a dancer in lap dancing club?

No. I consider any otherwise harmless act that pleases humans to be quite a moral thing indeed.

Opie wrote: Is it immoral to be a waitress or waiter or doorman for a lap dancing club?

No. Anyone who runs to the bar so I don't have to should be commended, along with those who facilitate such.

Opie wrote: Is it immoral to be a punter in a lap dancing club?

No. Wanting to see girls naked is a normal part of being a man.

Jrosemary · Post by **Jrosemary** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:31 pm

joeyknuccione wrote:No. Wanting to see girls naked is a normal part of being a man.

A heteronormative statement if ever I've seen one.

The OP raises an interesting question. As a general rule, I don't consider it my business to judge what consenting adults choose to do with each other sexually. I certainly wouldn't try to make lap-dancing clubs illegal (although I'd support certain zoning laws.)

In fact, I'm libertarian enough to think that prostitution should probably be legal, never mind lapdancing--again, with the condition that we're dealing with consenting adults who choose to go into the business, and not with underage kids or sex slaves.

But back to lapdancing. My reservation is this: in my opinion, we have a moral obligation to respect the dignity of every human being, to see each human as a whole person and--to put it in religious terms--to recognize each person as the image of the divine.

Now, it may be possible for a man to respect a stranger's dignity while she's giving him a lap dance--and it may be possible for the woman giving the lap dance to respect the dignity of the stranger she's servicing . . . but I wonder how common it is. I don't think it's an ideal circumstance under which to foster such respect for another human being--that's the problem I see.

But, again, I wouldn't say that it's immoral. Consenting adults have every right to work in and patronise lap-dancing clubs.

JoeyKnothead · Post by **JoeyKnothead** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:39 pm

Jrosemary wrote:
joeyknuccione wrote:No. Wanting to see girls naked is a normal part of being a man.
A heteronormative statement if ever I've seen one.

Whoops. Please allow me to rephrase that as:

Wanting to see girls naked is a normal part of being me.

I apologize, really, for my overgeneralizationalism.

Jrosemary · Post by **Jrosemary** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:08 pm

joeyknuccione wrote:
Jrosemary wrote:
joeyknuccione wrote:No. Wanting to see girls naked is a normal part of being a man.
A heteronormative statement if ever I've seen one.
Whoops. Please allow me to rephrase that as:

Wanting to see girls naked is a normal part of being me.

I apologize, really, for my overgeneralizationalism.

LOL! An excellent rephrasing--can't argue that!

Nilloc James · Post by **Nilloc James** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:18 am

Jrosemary wrote:
joeyknuccione wrote:No. Wanting to see girls naked is a normal part of being a man.
A heteronormative statement if ever I've seen one.

The OP raises an interesting question. As a general rule, I don't consider it my business to judge what consenting adults choose to do with each other sexually. I certainly wouldn't try to make lap-dancing clubs illegal (although I'd support certain zoning laws.)

In fact, I'm libertarian enough to think that prostitution should probably be legal, never mind lapdancing--again, with the condition that we're dealing with consenting adults who choose to go into the business, and not with underage kids or sex slaves.

But back to lapdancing. My reservation is this: in my opinion, we have a moral obligation to respect the dignity of every human being, to see each human as a whole person and--to put it in religious terms--to recognize each person as the image of the divine.

Now, it may be possible for a man to respect a stranger's dignity while she's giving him a lap dance--and it may be possible for the woman giving the lap dance to respect the dignity of the stranger she's servicing . . . but I wonder how common it is. I don't think it's an ideal circumstance under which to foster such respect for another human being--that's the problem I see.

But, again, I wouldn't say that it's immoral. Consenting adults have every right to work in and patronise lap-dancing clubs.

See your cut of religous person I have less of a problem with. Those willing to allow things they disagree with and/ or keep their beleive out of others peoples lives.

Ink · Post by **Ink** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:01 pm

Furrowed Brow wrote:Ok just had a night out on the town.

Questions:

Is it immoral to be a dancer in lap dancing club?

No.

Is it immoral tol be a waitress or waiter or doorman for a lap dancing club?

No.

Is it immoral to be a punter in a lap dancing club?

No.

If everyone is a consenting adult, I see nothing wrong with any of this.

Coyotero · Post by **Coyotero** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:18 pm

I think it's a sin to not acknowledge and admire the glory of the female form.

If I believed in sin, that is.

Cathar1950 · Post by **Cathar1950** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:34 pm

Furrowed Brow wrote:Ok just had a night out on the town.

Questions:

Is it immoral to be a dancer in lap dancing club?
Is it immoral tol be a waitress or waiter or doorman for a lap dancing club?
Is it immoral to be a punter in a lap dancing club?

No, but what is a "punter"?

Coyotero · Post by **Coyotero** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:39 pm

Cathar1950 wrote: No, but what is a "punter"?

I think it's Britspeak for a bouncer.

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