More than a dance: The production of sexual health risk in the exotic dance clubs in Baltimore, USA

► Focuses on exotic dance clubs, an HIV risk environment that has received limited attention. ► Analyses environmental factors facilitating HIV risk and identifies potential targets for intervention. ► Positions drug use as a coping response to intense psychological and physical demands of stripping. ► Transactional sex is inevitable for many dancers in clubs as a result of environmental and financial pressures.