Vegan strip club: A sign of the times?
Veganism is hip and trendy, but can it be used to sell sex? A Portland, Oregon strip club owner recently tried. The Casa Diablo Gentlemen's Club featured pleather wearing dancers and a soy-based menu. Johnny Diablo is a long-time vegan, and many of his dancers were vegetarians themselves. The club is up for sale, a sign that perhaps customers just don't care that much if their exotic dancers care about animal rights. (As my spouse pointed out matter-of-factly, "They're strippers. It's what they don't wear that matters.")
But this isn't the first time that the vegans and sexuality have met. In fact, sex is often used to sell the lifestyle, including PETA's naked celebrity ad campaigns and peta2's latest: Ink, Not Mink. It's causing a stir in the vegetarian/vegan world, where many are complaining that women's rights are being trampled on in the effort to support the rights of animals, and that though sex may sell, people become drawn to the lifestyle for the wrong reasons.
The NYT has an excellent article on the topic. Learn more here. What do you think?
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4-06-2008 @ 12:10PM
Kristina said...
If it makes them happy, I would not stop them from doing it.
I am a longtime vegetarian. I do not eat meat because I don't want to contribute to suffering and violence in the world. I also try to stay away from porn or stuff like stripping because I don't feel it's good for the spirit or good for women. If others want to, fine but it's not part of my larger spiritual values. This maybe the reason the club wasn't successful because veganism is based on really wholesome values and stripping is not. I don't blame the women...I do blame the men who go to these venues. I think the worst aspect of them is brought out by it.
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