The future of (public) nude dancing in Iowa depends on the legal answer to one question: is stripping art? Iowa's strip clubs performing arts centers are under legal attack, after an underage patron's performance sparked a court battle [1]. Iowa's public indecent exposure laws forbid all-nude strip clubs, but artists still dance naked at "performing art centers."

Back in 2001, the underage niece of a sheriff decided to bare all at the establishment Shotgun Geniez, dragging the owner into court [2] to argue that the law does not apply here because it exempts theater, concert hall, art center, and museum performances.

The club in question, which usually prevents under 18 year olds from entering, sells posters and provides sketch pads for patrons. While the owner argues that she did not violate Iowa's public indecent exposure law because the dancing is art, the prosecution says the facts are clear: an underage girl stripped, case closed.

If the case makes it up to the state supreme court, there may be a state-wide decision regarding whether naked dancing equals art. How do you think the court should treat subjective standards like "art" and "indecency?"

Source [3]