girls ... do you mind if your men go to strip clubs?

I don't care where he gets his appetite, as long as he comes home for dinner

I would say yes it bothers me. Because I know how easily addicted people can get to strip clubs, porn, etc. And it can ruin people. I would rather be single for the rest of my life, then have my boyfriend/husband go to a strip club or watch porn. Those images that the men will get in thier head after going to the strip club, it is hard to get those images out of thier heads. Porn too. I was a prostitute at one time in my life, trying to pay the bills after my divorce. And alot of my clients were married men. Thier wives had no idea. The other thing is, do you think the strippers like what they are doing? No, but they do it for the money, the drugs, etc. They don't really know any better. I have some stripper friends, they are not strippers anymore thank God. But all of them were sexually abused as children, as teenagers got into drugs and then became strippers. Drugs are very easy to get when your a stripper. Do you really want your men spending thier hard earned money on these strippers? Dont forget thier are vip sections where they can get extra's. And some men once they have been drinking awhile. They will forget about thier wife, and they will think, hey a handjob or blow job isnt cheating, because we aren't having intercourse. Have any of you researched the sex trafficking industry? They make millions on stealing girls and women and pimping them out. Alot of these women don't want to be prostitutes but are forced into it. Keep letting your husbands induldge in strip clubs, etc. I won't be surprised when he ends up cheating on you, or giving you an std. Strip clubs are not harmless fun. They are disgusting. Open your eyes. I dare you women to go to the strip clubs by yourself. Talk to the strippers, hear thier stories, and see all the married men with rings on thier fingers, sitting thier acting like horny teenage boys. There is an epidemic, and more and more people are becoming sex addicts, because of the easy affordable sex there is out there. Porn, prostitutes, strippers, Adult personals. Yall might be normal people that don't know about this stuff. But I have lived it, and seen the devestation it causes.

This...^^^

I'm really surprised at the responses on this thread. It's a really horrible industry and I wouldn't - couldn't - demean myself with somebody who does this. I wonder how liberated some women really are... they seem very desperate to hold on to their men - at any cost. It makes me sad, but... each to their own.

Yes I do mind. If he isn't happy at home then dont come back. I should be enough for him. Not to mention we are both Christians and he should not be lusting after other women. Those women dont respect themselves or anyone else. Marriage is supposed to be a sanctity. Our bodies are supposed to be temples of God's Spirit and there is no way I'd do anything like that so I expect my husband to honor me as I honor him.

re "I love the idea that some of these women are against strip clubs because they want to "help" the strippers by also making them unemployed"; We could use the same reasoning to justify keeping pimps and prostitutes on the streets. They need to earn a living too. Sex trafficers need to earn a living... Just saying.

Slippery slope logical fallacy. Though I do feel prostitution should be legalized to get rid of the pimps and get the girls off the streets. This way there could be health regulations, inspections and taxation.

OR we could keep trying to eliminate "The World's Oldest Profession". Let me know when that works.

Actually I wasn't referring to any "slippery slop logical fallacy". I was referring to your justification of strip clubs by means of place of employment. As if these places of employment are something to be sought after. How many strippers do you think say to themselves, "Boy! I love this job! I never leaving this place!" Most women who end up in stripping or prostitution do so because it's their only option, not their best option.

And sure, we could legalize prostitution amd make it "safe". That's worked really well in Nevada, Germany, Australia and Netherlands. So much so that Germany and Australia are now thinking that maybe it shouldn't be legal. It hasn't made it safer at all. Rape and physical assaults are just as common. Prostitution, legal or not, still promotes sex trafficking. Prostitution is not labor; it is paid sexual exploitation. It lends itself nicely to paid rape. It is intrinsically harmful and traumatic. Period.

The part you said about the daughter...sigh. I pray to never find my daughter working as a stripper. I don't think I could take it. The sad part is all those strippers are someone's daughter.

We could put a lot of jobs into the category of "employment people don't want." Most people don't WANT to be janitors. Doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the job or that it's not essential.

I think people should be free to choose any profession they want, including sex worker. I have no right to tell another woman what she is and is not allowed to do with her body.

You're right, a lot of women see it as their only option. So I fail to see where taking that option away helps them.

It's not your right to tell another woman what she can and can not do with her own body. "Exploitation" is a meaningless term. You can call any working person "exploited". You won't stop rape by outlawing prostitution. That's a fact. You can't even stop prostitution by outlawing prostitution. I'm a realist. That's all.

Please don't tell me that you believe that strippers are 'essential'. LOL

I think that there should be many better options for any young girl who needs a job. It's not so much a matter of right as much as it is a matter of giving a woman a better opportunity.

And I don't see how making prostitution legal has helped any woman make a better life for herself (and her family).

Exploitation isn't a meaningless term. Not all workers are "exploited". But prostitutes and strippers certainly are.

And you won't stop rape by allowing prostitution either. Legalizing prostitution makes it no safer for anyone... the prostitute or the john.