Seems the country is not aligned with the views on Lemmy.

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    It’s fascinating that a country where a place like Hooters is normal and strip clubs are a socially acceptable place to hang out in is so worked up over sex things

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      I think that’s changed a bit. Hooters went bankrupt, and many local governments have heavy restrictions on strip clubs, such as no nipples can be shown, no physical contact, no license to serve liquor, etc.

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        And that just makes the whole deal weirder. No physical contact is reasonable of course. But have a person be practically naked, dancing sensually is fine, unless there’s nipples. Can’t have that, it’s too much.

        The US is very weird.

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          I think the laws are just meant as a soft-ban. There may be legal complications with outright banning strip clubs. The no physical contact takes away what I think make up stripper’s largest income source, and no nipples and alcohol makes it a less attractive place to go. I had a few hours to waste in a city once, waiting on a flight, and walked into one of these strip clubs. There was only one stripper there, one bartender, and I was the only customer; so I’m guessing it really did hurt the market.

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      American pop culture is fine with sex as long as it’s not two men:

      ✅ Woman kissing a woman
      ✅ Woman kissing a man
      ✅ Woman having sex with a woman
      ✅ Woman having sex with a man
      ✅ Woman having sex with herself
      ✅ Man kissing a woman (already covered)
      ❌ Man kissing a man
      ✅ Man having sex with a woman (already covered)
      ❌ Man having sex with a man
      ✅ Man having sex with himself

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      But only when it’s consensual. It’s okay when that gets violent and exploitative.