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==Controversy== There is some debate as to whether lap dancing is entertainment or a type of [[sex work]].<ref>Einat Albin, [http://m.ilj.oxfordjournals.org/content/42/2/180.short?rss=1 "The Case of Quashie: Between the Legalisation of Sex Work and the Precariousness of Personal Service Work"], ''Industrial Law Journal'', (2013) 42 (2): 180-191. doi: 10.1093/indlaw/dwt006 - Accessed on 12 March 2014</ref> Critics of lap dancing allege that some club owners, by installing dark private booths and charging dancers steep stage fees, are covertly condoning and encouraging the sale of [[Human sexual activity|sexual acts]] between customers and dancers. This can be a concern if, as for instance in the [[United Kingdom]], the club has a [[public entertainment licence]] rather than a [[sex establishment licence]], and in jurisdictions where [[brothel]]s are illegal.<ref>Bindel, Julie, [http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=8107& "Profitable Exploits: Lap Dancing in the UK"], Study for the [[Glasgow]] City Council (August 2004)</ref><ref name="sfweekly">{{cite news|url=https://archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/lap-victory/Content?oid=2153185 |title=Lap Victory: How a DA's decision to drop prostitution charges against lap dancers will change the sexual culture of S.F. β and, perhaps, the country|author-link=David Steinberg (journalist and photographer)|author=David Steinberg|work=SF Weekly|date=8 September 2004}}</ref>
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