blue88

Yup, it looks like the new law says nothing about touching unless the dancer is nude or seminude. (12) “Seminude” or “state of seminudity” means a state of dress in which opaque clothing covers not more than the genitals, pubic region, and nipple of the female breast, as well as portions of the body covered by supporting straps or devices. I'm having a hell of a time parsing that, but I think it means that, as long as her goodies are covered, she isn't seminude. Touch all you want. Make her put on socks, just to be safe.

Bones, this is what it says about the customer touching the dancer: (C)(1) No patron who is not a member of the employee's immediate family shall knowingly touch any employee while that employee is nude or seminude or touch the clothing of any employee while that employee is nude or seminude.

As an Ohio resident, I'm interested in how this will turn out. I'd say, after reading the full text of Senate Bill 16, that lap dances will still be ok, as long as the dancer has her top on. Note how it says, "while nude or seminude": (2) No employee who regularly appears nude or seminude on the premises of a sexually oriented business, while on the premises of that sexually oriented business and while nude or seminude shall knowingly touch a patron who is not a member of the employee's immediate family... Bikini tops have a way of slipping down in private. Even if they don't, I'm not sure I'd care, as long as I'm getting the kind of attention I want from the "employees". A really good dancer doesn't need to get naked to turn me on and take my money.

Regarding the question about why a guy who appears in Michigan's Most Eligible magazine spends so time in a strip clubs trying to pick up strippers, I'd say that he does it as an escape from the trouble of trying to form relationships with "real" women. As I understand it, even good-looking men get disappointed with their results, and yes, are even rejected now and then. Somebody here (ozymandias?) once explained strip clubs something like this: You walk in, you take your pick from a roomful of hotties, and for a few hundred measly dollars, you've got a girlfriend for a few hours. I like that. If you look good, dancers may be inclined to do more for less dollars, I dunno. If you look good, and you're fun, and you can talk intelligently, AND you're willing to spend, then man, you can have a GREAT time in a strip club. Dancers aren't generally shy about letting you know they're attracted to you -- they're downright explicit. Who doesn't like to be on the receiving end of that? It's different in the real world.