# What is a strip club like? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 28, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-strip-club-like/491131 "2009-03-28T23:29:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-strip-club-like/491131/21 "2009-03-30T00:40:57Z")
> [@AngelSoft](#): > > Ugh I’ve only been to a strip club once and it was a highly uncomfortable experience. It was in like a theater setting and dark and gloomy. There were the required flashing lights and loud music but…yuck. And slightly overweight (not usually a problem with me, it just added to the yuck factor for some reason) completely naked men walking around in sneakers, waving their junk and asking if you want a lap dance. Umm no thanks… I think there’s a very big “YMMV” factor involved. The first place I ever went to (in SF) I was a bit apprehensive about. I thought it’d be really sleazy and kind of scary. I am not generally comfortable in big crowds of drunken young guys because I’ve been in situations where things flashed into mini-riots or women were not safe in the area. That’s really ugly. From a physical safety standpoint I felt more at ease in the O’Farrell than I have in some nice casinos on a busy night - while we were all there to ogle the ladies everyone (even the guys you’d think were drunken sailors on shore leave) was well-behaved. The security was polite, friendly and inobtrusive. The place was clean; the bathrooms were sparkling. There was certainly the smell of a lot of cologne and perfume in the air but that’s about it. Like most places in SF it is non-smoking IIRC. The entertainment, while obviously very “adult”, didn’t feel sleazy - I knew what I was there for, the dancers are completely in control of the situation and at least the ones I met were very comfortable and good at their jobs. The one girl who took liberties with my glasses was laughing with me; yes there’s a naked girl on my lap but for some reason it felt about as sleazy as wrestling with a big happy puppy; it was just fun. That being said it sounds like I’ve had the good luck/judgement to go to good establishments and it’s not something I’d do often (three bachelor parties in about 8 years). ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-strip-club-like/491131/22 "2009-03-30T18:05:09Z")
I’ve been to a lot of strip clubs all over the country. There are all sorts of clubs with all sorts of women in them. New Jersey and Pennsylvania have some pretty sketchy ones. A lot of those are BYOB. Last one I went to out there was some dump by the airport that was covered in chicken wire and full of day laborers with their styrofoam coolers watching middle aged women with C-section scars. I’m more partial to places in Manhattan like Sapphire (formerly Scores), Hustler Club or Flashdancers. They tend to be more upscale with a steady flow of super-hot mostly Eastern European girls. Those are places celebrities, bankers, lawyers and other corporate types go with their buddies to blow off steam. It’s pricey though. $10-20 cover. $10 for a beer. $20 for a lapdance. (Skipping out of work for an hour…priceless). ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-strip-club-like/491131/23 "2009-03-30T18:46:54Z")
> [@Valgard](#): > > I think there’s a very big “YMMV” factor involved. The first place I ever went to (in SF) Funny! The place I was talking about was in SF too! Wish I could remember where it was…It was a little weird though since it seemed to be bisexual?? I recall there were men and women there watching and they had some gay porn playing on the screen in the back. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-strip-club-like/491131.md?page=1)