Can Someone Catch HIV From Lap Dance

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Female Stripper- HIV risk from poles & lap dances?

I'm a stripper & many dancers worry about catching stds from sitting on chairs, etc. There were even rumors of airborne hepatitis and an entire strip club in Texas that closed because dancers caught Hep from being fingered (supposedly they...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Hepatitis is not an airborne virus. Period.As for HIV, we've been intensely studying this virus for over a quarter of a century. The routes of transmission are very well known. Can pole dancers contract HIV from "dancing on pole?"... Read more »

lap dance safety

First of all thank your for this site. I've called the CDC and they, in normal government... Read more »

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Lap dance with stripper, advise for the symptoms I am having

I went to a strip club and had a private lap dance with a stripper. The stripper kissed me on my... Read more »

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Lap Dance, HIV?

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I feel embarassed posting this question but I need some input. A few nights ago I went to a strip club with a friend where I got a lap dance. This is when the dancer dances on your lap and occassionally grinds your penis with her buttocks. Anyways,... Read more »

Lap Dances

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I was in New Zeland recently and went for a lap dance. All the while during the dance I had my clothes on and she was naked. The thing that worries me is that at one point of time I could feel the vagina of the girl on the shaft of my penis through... Read more »

Lap Dance

Posted by vworried123, 2 Replies

I am worried. For some stupid reason I had a private lap dance on Holiday and I got just a bit more. I flicked my tongue over her breast and nipple for about a second, kissed her skin, and licked quickly up her bum crack twice totally a few seconds.... Read more »

Are There Risks in Receiving Lap Dances?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Do any of you think that lap dances are risky? Say the man is clothed and the dancer is wearing a very skimpy g-string? Is it possible for her fluids to soak down beneath the man's pants? IS it even posisble for him to get traces of vaginal fluids... Read more »

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