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Musicmystery -> RE: Legal “loophole” in Rhode Island permits 16-year-old strippers (8/2/2009 9:57:43 AM)
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I too am surprised existing laws about "contributing to the delinquency of a minor" aren't applicable here.
Morality clouds the issue. If a 16 year-old strips privately for her boyfriend, has she acted immorally? If her 16 year-old boyfriend likes to look at her nude, is he immoral? Among the problems with U.S. society is that we deny the existence of nature.
The issue, then, is protecting young people not yet mature enough (generally) to weigh all the factors and consequences involved. Surely you wouldn't find legal 10 year old strippers acceptable? So the line goes somewhere....13? 16? 18? 21? 24? Certainly you can see the problems with a case by case basis.
Prostitution is a similar problem--morality clouds the issue. Yet crime and exploitation tend to follow prostitution, so without addressing that real problem, morality is the fall guy. That's why generally the U.S. doesn't allow legal prostitution at any age.
But in the conservative moralistic climate that is the U.S., as well as the political culture that seizes on such "causes" to promote personal and party agendas, such matters will always be clouded with clamor.
My opinion? 16 is too young to legally strip. She's still a kid. Frankly, so are 18 year olds, but they have to grow up sometime.
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