Underage? Want a after school job as a stripper? Live in R.I.? Well I got great news!

[woody60707]

And don't forget to ask about the legal indoor prostitution!

PROVIDENCE –– Rhode Island teens under 18 can’t work with power saws or bang nails up on roofs. But dance at strip clubs? Sure. Just as long as the teens submit work permits, and are off the stripper’s pole by 11:30 on school nights.

It’s enough to surprise even those in America’s mecca of striptease and sin –– Las Vegas.

“Everybody buzzes about ‘Nevada and Sin City, tsk, tsk,’ ” said Edie Cartwright, spokeswoman for the Nevada attorney general’s office. “But we regulate it.”

Providence police recently discovered that teen job opportunities extend into the local adult entertainment world while they were investigating a 16-year-old runaway from Boston. The girl told detectives that she worked at Cheaters strip club this spring, and the police got tips about other underage girls working at another club on Allens Avenue.

That’s when the police found that neither state law, nor city ordinance bars minors from working at strip clubs. Those under 18 can’t buy pornography, and no one may take pictures or film minors in sexually suggestive ways. But the law doesn’t stop underage teens from stripping for money. Even if the police saw underage boys or girls on stage at a strip club, they wouldn’t be able to charge them or the club owners with a crime.

“I’ve been doing this a long time,” said youth services Sgt. Carl Weston, “and I can’t find anything that says it’s illegal for a 16-year-old or a 17-year-old to take her top off and dance.”

With the age of consent at 16 in Rhode Island, the police worry that teenage strippers could take their business to the next level and offer sexual favors –– and it wouldn’t be illegal. State law currently allows indoor prostitution.

http://www.projo.com/news/content/teen_dancers_07-21-09_Q6F39ID_v80.3985e27.html

Well that's one way to stimulate the economy!

 

[kulade]

Well that's one way to stimulate the economy!

...And that's not the only thing it's stimulating!

 

[Mowque]

Indoor prostitution is ok?

 

[Bill3000]

Indoor prostitution is ok?

Yeah, RI bans things such as street prostitution and brothels, but not prostitution itself.

 

[negZero]

Indoor prostitution is ok?

Strippers don't tend to do the deed in the strip club (its illegal and can get the club shutdown) outside the club however is fair game.

 

[Kozmos]

Love shack?

 

[NKVD]

did RI forget to pass a law against it or they're just telling themselves they wont be able to really ban it in reality so why not regulate it ?

 

[Bill3000]

did RI forget to pass a law against it or they're just telling themselves they wont be able to really ban it in reality so why not regulate it ?

The former.

 

[Shadylookin]

The real question about this loophole is legislative foolishness? or legislative genius?

 

[Squonk]

Well the men come in these places
And the men are all the same
You dont look at their faces
And you dont ask their names
You dont think of them as human
You dont think of them at all
You keep your mind on the money
Keeping your eyes on the wall

Chorus
Im your private dancer
A dancer for money
Ill do what you want me to do
Im your private dancer
A dancer money
Any old music will do

I wanna make a million dollars
I wanna live out by the sea
Have a husband and some children
Yeah I guess I want a family
All the men come in these places
And the men are all the same
You dont look at their faces
And you dont ask their names
Repeat chorus twice

Deutschmarks or dollars
American express will nicely thank you
Let me loosen up your collar
Tell me do you wanna see me do the shimmy again
Repeat chorus

 

[Narz]

Cheaters? What a repugnant name.

It's funny you can watch a real life U-18 girl dance half-naked but if you take pics & put them online you'll probably get arrested.

 

[Angst]

Another niche law that has been forgotten to be passed, I imagine it'll be fixed soon. Also, even though I support a lot of things for 'underage' teens, I don't support stripping. It might have something to do with the fact that I, myself, find stripping one of the most unattractive acts in the payhouse for lonely men. Anyways, it's good this was discovered.

Also;

Those under 18 can’t buy pornography, and no one may take pictures or film minors in sexually suggestive ways.

I'm not sure about this, but I think that I perhaps know a good deal of Danish classics (films) that break American laws. And a good deal meaning 2.

 

[PiMan]

I'm not sure about this, but I think that I perhaps know a good deal of Danish classics (films) that break American laws. And a good deal meaning 2.

It's only a good deal if the price is right.

But seriously, does this place have security cameras? Because any such cameras pointing at the stage would incriminate someone. Management maybe, or security.

 

[Cutlass]

It's only a good deal if the price is right.

But seriously, does this place have security cameras? Because any such cameras pointing at the stage would incriminate someone. Management maybe, or security.

It's unlikely that they would have any security cameras. If they did, it would be limited to the door and the cash register.

 

[Yoda Power]

Anyone who supports this should ask themselve if they would want their own daughter working at a strip joint at age 16.

It might have something to do with the fact that I, myself, find stripping one of the most unattractive acts in the payhouse for lonely men.

You want stripping banned because you don't find it attractive???

Ever been to a strip club?

 

[Bill3000]

Anyone who supports this should ask themselve if they would want their own daughter working at a strip joint at age 16.

That's not an argument against it, that's just preventing one's own kids from stripping, which you don't need a law for.

 

[JollyRoger]

Anyone who supports this should ask themselve if they would want their own daughter working at a strip joint at age 16.

Do you want your daughter working at a strip club at age 21?

 

[Yoda Power]

Do you want your daughter working at a strip club at age 21?

I wouldn't be against it. She would be a lot more secure and sure of her self at that age.

 

[Yoda Power]

That's not an argument against it, that's just preventing one's own kids from stripping, which you don't need a law for.

Ok, what about your sisters kid, who you doesn't have any legal authority over?

My point is that I wouldn't want a teenager to be able to make such decisions, because they aren't mature enough to consider the consequences.

edit: sorry for the double post, I wasn't being careful.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Lucy will be devastated.