Legislation in Washington state known as the strippers’ bill of rights, which advocates say includes the most comprehensive statewide protections in the nation, was signed into law on Monday.
Gov. Jay Inslee signed the measure, which creates safer working conditions for people in the adult entertainment industry and makes it possible for the clubs to sell alcohol.
“Strippers are workers, and they should be given the same rights and protections as any other labor force,” bill sponsor Sen. Rebecca Saldaña of Seattle, said in a news release. “If they are employed at a legal establishment in Washington, they deserve the safeguards that every worker is entitled to, including protection from exploitation, trafficking, and abuse.”
The new law requires training for employees in establishments to prevent sexual harassment, identify and report human trafficking, de-escalate conflict and provide first aid. It also mandates security workers on site, keypad codes on dressing rooms and panic buttons in places where entertainers may be alone with customers.
It’s not creeping on the women though. They’re there for the explicit purpose of being ogled, just like strippers at a strip joint.
I don’t have a problem with the workers that choose to do sex work. I personally view the patronage of places like hooters and apparently bikini baristas to be a bit more sleazy than a strip club, actually.
I think sleazy is a fair description. I just don’t see it as creeping, which I interpret to be without consent.
Fair enough. I was a bit hyperbolic when I described it as creeping