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Bill Calls for Stripper Permits
in response to reader comment: fine the exploited

Submitted by anonymous, Nov 7, 2007 12:19

I have danced for over 9 years and I have not once even ever gotten a speeding ticket...not ALL dancers are drug addicts-infact I've never tried drugs..I actually came from a wonderful family with no abuse or a broken home..my parents are still married and my childhood was normal and great..the reason why I dance? Same reason why girls work at Hooters, and same as the women who pose for Playboy, and Penthouse and the women who are successful showgirls in Las Vegas (who in most cases are topless). And they never seem to get any problems with the law...for me it is great money, and I just happen to like the entertainment/showbusiness feild...I just happen to be topless while doing it. And too short to work as a Las Vegas Showgirl since you have to be at least 5'7" inwhich I originally wanted to do a long time ago but couldnt because of the height requirements.

For women who pose for Playboy-they get granted all the success and money just for posing in 3 or 4 photos while we are working 8-9 hour shifts sometimes and we dont always make exactly $1,000 a night-where those models make up to $10,000 per photo shoot-NAKED! (and the law seems to never ban those women or make them pay a high fine -not that I dont agree with it because I think its fine to pose nude). I dont understand why this has to be such a big deal...YES they should check up on the girls to make sure no one is having sex in the clubs as well as check out the girls for drugs..that is FINE ,,,because I personally cant stand working with the "dirty girls" who do those things. But for women like me whose backround is SUPER CLEAN, there should be no problem in dancing for money..again, it is no different than a nude model...and men sure never seem to complain about buying those magizines..and the gov sure never complains about how sex is so exploited on TV and other certain places...so why are they trying to make things so hard for us?


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ken jefries 

May 10, 2007 17:21

This seems pretty clear to me. The only people permitted to exploit anyone are those associated with governmental authority. It... [MORE]

goober 

Nov 2, 2007 22:17

Where's the beef? Why do reporters continue to put forward propaganda about so called sex trafficking without ever providing the... [MORE]

Maxine Doogan 

May 10, 2007 16:50

This is just going to make strippers lives harder. so that mr. ortiz can make a headline? disgusting. any way... [MORE]

eve 

May 9, 2007 15:53

In this era of background checks for almost every job imaginable, an exotic dancing permit on record could prejudice a... [MORE]

s lauren 

May 9, 2007 10:35

You got to laugh! This is just too funny. Only in New York could our genius politicians invent the Stripper... [MORE]

Izengabe 

May 9, 2007 10:34

So, if you are a poor, helpless sexually exploited woman, then Assemblyman Ortiz's answer is to fine you. That makes... [MORE]

concerned_staffer 

May 9, 2007 09:15

I have danced for over 9 years and I have not once even ever gotten a speeding ticket...not ALL dancers...

anonymous 

Nov 7, 2007 12:19

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