Comments on: Mom Indicted for Hiring Stripper for Teen

By: AAAA

AAAA — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 00:05:44 +0000

At least she hired a professional rather than an amateur.

By: LadyS

LadyS — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 22:45:13 +0000

My biggest issue with this case isn't whether or not the kids had seen a naked woman or whether or not it was illegal. My issue is the fact that a mother procured the services of a professional to bring her child a sexual experience. This is just plain disgusting.

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:22:58 +0000

I would like to know more about the stripper, she looks familiar to me. Any help?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:51:27 +0000

This is in response to the comment about a man hiring a guy for his daughters 16th b-day. Guys and girls react differently to the same situations. This isn't justification for poor judgement making but the way a 16 year old girl would perceive this and the way a 16 year old guy would perceive this are different. I don't see how this needs to become a legal matter. This is an issue between the parents of the other minors and the parents of the birthday boy.

By: How do you post

How do you post — Tue, 31 May 2005 02:25:37 +0000

And the rest of the story - Drug store employee was actually the stripper.

By: JackLewis.net

JackLewis.net — Mon, 30 May 2005 15:44:16 +0000

Mom indicted for hiring stripper for son's birthday party

From the Associated Press: A mother faces criminal charges after she hired a stripper to dance at her 16-year-old son's...

By: Just Me

Just Me — Mon, 30 May 2005 03:50:31 +0000

I actually lean towards it being illegal, especially given the fact that there were other minors present.

What surprised me is that the stripper was willing to take on the job. You would think that a legitimate agency/stripper would have set up some kind of guidelines as to the age of the people they are stripping for just as a matter of good business and to steer clear of any type of sexual misconduct charges (depending on the age of the minor, appearing naked can result in a misdemeanor sex charge).

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 30 May 2005 00:03:52 +0000

Reverse this - A father hires a man to dance naked for his daughter's sweet-16 birthday party. Still no problem?

By: Attila Girl

Attila Girl — Sun, 29 May 2005 22:17:10 +0000

Except that the argument being made by the authorities isn't "this is illegal." It's "something we consider to be close to this (taking teenagers to a strip club) is illegal." If one 16-year old goes over to another's house, and the parents serve wine with dinner, is it that illegal? If the first child comes from a teetolling household, it might be poor judgement on the part of the parents in the second household. But it shouldn't be a legal matter. If the entertainment wasn't cleared with the other parents ahead of time, then this is a case of poor judgment. But it shouldn't be a matter for the state to settle.

By: The Q Speaks

The Q Speaks — Sun, 29 May 2005 18:11:55 +0000

Stupid parent, stupid police

Hire a stripper for your son, go to jail? Cmon now.

By: Freedebate

Freedebate — Sun, 29 May 2005 15:11:30 +0000

I am certainly not a prude when it comes to nudity and strippers but your argument seems pretty weak. I am all for parents having most of the say when it comes to their children but, as you partly pointed out, she made decisions for other people's children in hiring the stripper for them so parental rights for those parents should be included in the discussion. Also, it is common sense that society has adopted certain laws regarding minors (which can be changed by majorities if they wish) which are generally considered best for society (and no, I do not agree with all of them). So, justifying the stripper by saying the kids had probably already seen a naked women is a very difficult position to defend. Would it be OK for parents to arrange sex parties with minors who had already had sex and adults? Could I give beer to another parent's child because I thought he had had a drink before - certainly not without fairly explicit approval?

By: NOTR

NOTR — Sun, 29 May 2005 15:00:30 +0000

A I read thru the news article you posted I kept waiting for this politically correct writing to finish without ever revealing the gender of the stripper. We knew we had a son here, but we had to wait for the third paragraph to find out this was a female stripper! WHEW!

So the mom & the stripper face charge? While I agree with you the real crime was "parental stupidity" how can you expect the home of Al Gore and Bill Frist to really behave any differently? Remember this is the area where all my moonshine buddies got rich while lining the pockets of the local ministers and politicians to insure counties remained dry and liquor illegal.

By: Jim Henley

Jim Henley — Sun, 29 May 2005 14:53:22 +0000

Sadly, in Maryland, parents CAN be indicted if they give their kids a beer.