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Strip clubs are venues that regularly provide adult entertainment, predominantly in the form of striptease or other erotic or exotic dances. Strip clubs typically adopt a nightclub or bar style, and can also adopt a theatre or cabaret-style. American-style strip clubs began to appear outside of North America after World War II, arriving in Asia in the late 1940s and Europe in 1950, where they competed against the local English and French styles of striptease and erotic performances.

As of 2005, the size of the global strip club industry was estimated to be US$75 billion. In 2002, the size of the U.S. strip club industry was estimated to be US$3.1 billion, generating 19% of the total gross revenue in legal adult entertainment. SEC filings and state liquor control records available at that time indicated that there were at least 2,500 strip clubs in the United States, and since that time, the number of clubs in the U.S. has grown. Profitability of strip clubs, as with other service-oriented businesses, is largely driven by location and customer spending habits. The better appointed a club is, in terms of its quality of facilities, equipment, furniture, and other elements, the more likely customers are to encounter cover charges and fees for premium features such as VIP rooms. The popularity of a given club is an indicator of its quality, as is the word-of-mouth among customers who have visited a cross section of clubs in different regions. (Full article...)

• ... that New York City authorities asked the Museum of Sex (pictured) not to locate itself within 500 feet of a church or school?
• ... that the nature of the female orgasm is a field of research for academics studying female sexuality?
• ... that the term Cicisbei refers to legal and generally respected companions and often lovers of married women in eighteenth-century Italy? (1790 etching pictured)
• ... that a Mercedes roadster was colloquially named after a wealthy German call girl, Rosemarie Nitribitt (grave pictured), who was murdered in Frankfurt in 1957?
• ... that the scandalous tales of Aristides of Miletus are still being discussed after over two millennia, although not one word of them has survived?

January-June 2006

28 June 2024 –

Thousands of Japanese people protest at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over multiple alleged sexual assault cases involving U.S. service members against Japanese people on Okinawa Island. (Al Jazeera)

26 June 2024 –

France's government orders the dissolution of several far-right and radical Muslim groups prior to the upcoming legislative election due to their violence, discrimination, and hate speech toward different races, women, and LGBTQ+ people. (AP)

25 June 2024 – LGBT rights in Peru

The Peruvian Ministry of Health announces that it will stop labeling transgender individuals as suffering from mental disorders, but will instead use the term "gender discordance". (Reuters)

22 June 2024 – LGBT rights in Hungary

Thousands of people march in a pride parade in Budapest, Hungary, to protest against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's anti-LGBTQ+ policies. (Reuters)

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