The legal status of striptease varies considerably among different countries and the various jurisdictions of the United States. Striptease is considered a form of public nudity and subject to changing legal and cultural attitudes on moral and decency grounds. Some countries do not have any restrictions on performances of striptease. In some countries, public nudity is outlawed directly, while in other countries it may be suppressed or regulated indirectly through devices such as restrictions on venues through planning laws, or licensing regulations, or liquor licensing and other restrictions. The version of the bill Bill C An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act had specific provisions related to tightening the issuance of Exotic Dancer Visas as a means to combat human trafficking.

For an establishment with decidedly hardcore undertones, Bada Bing, a new fully nude strip club on the outskirts of Fargo, certainly staged a soft opening. There was little advance notice and no fanfare. The cries of protest from area residents and litany of city meetings on the topic - prominent fixtures in the openings of strip clubs in years past - didn't materialize. When owner Michael Benzinger opened the doors Saturday night at 48th Ave.

As Abraham Lincoln once said, "My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. And also where all the strip clubs in LA are. And, like, whether they're full nude, or topless, or whatevs.