All of a sudden strip clubs have moved beyond the mainstream and into the hip. With witty and ironic names like Titty Twister and Schnitz 'n Tits, they are no longer relegated to seedy pockets of the city. Hipster hangouts like Gertrude and Chapel streets are the much preferred venues.

The idea of schnitzel being served by young topless women is considered so cool in fact that, this year, there was a public feud between restaurant owners over which establishment had the rights to the Schnitz 'n Tits name.

Perhaps the biggest irony of all, however, is that by playing on the retro hip factor and inviting women to join in the fun, places like Titty Twister and Schnitz 'n Tits legitimise sexism in a way that The Men's Gallery never could.

Unlike more old-fashioned strip joints, the hip new strip club encourages female patrons. On their websites some even suggest it a great place for a date. Sure, female customers are welcome at Goldfingers, but they are not really expected to have fun. These places are male dominated realms, naughty fantasy fuelled retreats where men get drunk and throw their cash at women who try their best to look like they are having a good time. They are sexist and uncool. Definitely not a place to take a woman you're trying to romance.

But as hipster culture finds irony in everything and substance in pretty much nothing, women are now expected to be able to enjoy ogling hipster dreamboat waitresses, with their full-sleeve tattoos, short fringes and exposed breasts, just as much as men do. And if they don't? Then they're uptight and sexually prudish.