When you read the title of this blog, what do you think?
Adult Entertainment.
What about an Adult Entertainment Business? What does that mean to you?
During our morning newscast this morning, we had a story about an adult entertainment business and I couldn't help but ponder the use of that title.
A typical adult could do any number of things for entertainment: basketball, knitting, cooking, reading, kayaking, thumb wrestling competitions...
So why does a business allowing strippers, selling unmentionables, upsetting neighbors and city leaders alike, become what we describe as "adult entertainment"?
Next question. If we won't call them that (and it will probably never change), what would we call them?
Just food for thought.
And on a related note, I typically look for an image to post when I have a blog entry. I'm choosing not to do that for this entry. :-)
UPDATE:
A guy emailed me with a response to this post that I felt raised some valid points. Here's an excerpt:
It just seems strange to me that the words we use for looking at naked women always equate maturity with prurient desires. In fact, it's the exact opposite. Think about it - movies targeted to "mature" audiences. Going to a "gentlemans' club." What is so mature or gentlemanly about stuffing dollar bills into a naked woman's garter?
In fact, I think it makes a lot more sense to consider those things "immature." I understand a teenage boy looking at pictures of naked women a lot more than I can understand a grown man doing the same. Then, it just gets a little...creepy.