I have heard of some pretty dumb laws in my day; in fact, there are whole websites devoted to dumb, outdated and otherwise absurd laws. For instance, it is illegal to play Dominoes on Sunday in Alabama. In that same state, it is illegal to wear a fake moustache in church if the moustache may provoke laughter. The list of dumb laws goes on and on... Today, however, I learned of one of the absolute dumbest: It is legal for 16-year-old individuals in Rhode Island to work as strippers—even in strip clubs where patrons can touch the strippers.If this does not provoke a huge, “WHAT?!” from you, then I would advise you to have your sanity-level checked. The only provisions are that the strippers must have a work permit, and they must be home by 11:30. You know-- before curfew and bedtime.
There are some sane individuals in the Rhode Island government who are working tirelessly to put an end to this. The General Assembly is not in session right now, but they cannot push this legislation through quick enough if you ask me. Regardless of how you feel about stripping (which is another blog posts for another day), I think that you would be hard-pressed to make a case for allowing minors to take their clothes off in front of a crowd of adults.
Feel free to contact campusteam@feminist.org with any questions or comments!
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1 comment:
oh my gosh. this is really shocking.
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