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    Default Texas Stripper License - Does this concern anyone?

    http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2013/01/state_rep_bill_zedler_stripper.php

    http://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/2013/01/zedler-wants-to-license-strippers-shield-intelligent-design-researchers/


    TX Rep. Bill Zedler wants to require visible licenses for dancers...do you think this will actually happen? He wants them to display our real names! That part is scary.

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    public shaming. ill bet you anything he's a closet perv

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    The second article states that he supports a magnetic strip to cover the name from customers, which I guess is kind of somewhat considerate coming from a political zealot like Zedler. Additionally, he's considered a loon, and after all the hoopla and legal costs involved in creating (and losing) the $5 door fee a few years ago, I seriously doubt the state will get embroiled in strip clubs in this way again.
    However, as a Houston dancer, I totally understand ANY politician's concern for sex trafficking. Trying to fix it on the dancer side by getting our info won't help much, I'm afraid. All the cantinas with forced sex slaves from other countries, pimps taking girls (some underage)and traveling all over the country to control them, and dangerous pimps treating women as a commodity to be protected like the drug trade (with turfs, vendettas, threats of violence on non-pimp girls, pressure on management, etc.) all give reason to change something here... and THESE situations actually made the extras/contact here in the city expected and cheap. Legit dancers competing with this have a harder time making money just dancing-- what guy wants $100 in dances when he can go take advantage of a woman in a cantina for $50 OR get serviced by a pimped-out girl in a club for $100 or less? I had a customer from out-of-state tell me last week that there's just too much sex going on here in Houston, and the attitude that all the men have to it here is nothing short of bizarre.
    I really hope that SOMEONE comes up with a solution here, whether it be state-wide or just the city/county. I doubt that Zedler really wants to fix this and is just using sex trafficking as an excuse for his typical anti-female sexuality, but it is nice that he at least mentions it.

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    As long as the general consensus is that Zedler is crazy and no one listens to him, that puts my mind at ease. The thought of all the dangerous situations facing dancers when anyone can find out their name at the club...eep.

    As far as the sex trafficking epidemic, I totally agree that something needs to be done. And you're right- making it the dancer's responsibility doesn't make much sense, considering most likely they aren't the ones doing the trafficking. Politically, they need to come up with a solution that isn't religious and sin based...so something that would ACTUALLY help the victims of trafficking. I've heard it's horrible in Houston, and I've seen a few news stories on it. I feel for those people and just hope TX politicians can come to a solution/agreement/something that can help, and not just label all sex workers as sinners that need to be wrangled by any fees and licenses they can stick on us. Maybe, perhaps, putting stricter regulations on the people that actually do the trafficking and those cantinas? But it really feels like no one wants to help victims of trafficking in a sensible way.

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    The anti-pimping laws are weak, IMO. Police actually have to witness a girl giving money to a pimp that they know was given to the girl by a john. Otherwise, the guy doesn't usually get charged with anything unless they have drugs on them in a raid. If they changed that OR changed how they try to catch the guys (by sending in vice johns who rarely see the pimp at all), I think a lot of problems could be fixed since the pimps could lead to or actually be the traffickers.

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    Default Re: Texas Stripper License - Does this concern anyone?

    Quote Originally Posted by bunny8558 View Post
    The second article states that he supports a magnetic strip to cover the name from customers, which I guess is kind of somewhat considerate coming from a political zealot like Zedler. Additionally, he's considered a loon, and after all the hoopla and legal costs involved in creating (and losing) the $5 door fee a few years ago, I seriously doubt the state will get embroiled in strip clubs in this way again.
    However, as a Houston dancer, I totally understand ANY politician's concern for sex trafficking. Trying to fix it on the dancer side by getting our info won't help much, I'm afraid. All the cantinas with forced sex slaves from other countries, pimps taking girls (some underage)and traveling all over the country to control them, and dangerous pimps treating women as a commodity to be protected like the drug trade (with turfs, vendettas, threats of violence on non-pimp girls, pressure on management, etc.) all give reason to change something here... and THESE situations actually made the extras/contact here in the city expected and cheap. Legit dancers competing with this have a harder time making money just dancing-- what guy wants $100 in dances when he can go take advantage of a woman in a cantina for $50 OR get serviced by a pimped-out girl in a club for $100 or less? I had a customer from out-of-state tell me last week that there's just too much sex going on here in Houston, and the attitude that all the men have to it here is nothing short of bizarre.
    I really hope that SOMEONE comes up with a solution here, whether it be state-wide or just the city/county. I doubt that Zedler really wants to fix this and is just using sex trafficking as an excuse for his typical anti-female sexuality, but it is nice that he at least mentions it.
    Have you ever danced in Dallas? are extras as big a problem there as they are in Houston? I'm planning to go to Dallas next month.

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    I haven't, but I'm thinking of going soon after the season ends in New Orleans (my travel dancing spot of the moment lol).

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