Just to be clear about this: I am all for lesbian strippers AND the sex industry. The women protesting outside of Tel Aviv’s Minerva club yesterday, however, not big fans of either.

Club owner: This is a club for women who love to watch women strip and the women who love (or are at least willing) to be watched.

Protesters: We hate our sex lives, so no one is allowed to have fun.

Okay, that’s not exactly what they said:

Roni Hacohen, who helped organize the protest, told [Ynet News] that, “We regard the importing of striptease as cooperation with the sex industry.”

“Women who do this for a living are not in a situation in which they can decide for themselves whether they should strip or go to law school,” she added. “Most of them work in the industry out of despair and because they have no other choice; these women are being exploited.”

Same thing.

So, how many straight men looking for “hot girl-on-girl action” do you think are going to visit here today because of the title of this post?

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