Iceland's parliament has voted to ban striptease shows, making it an offence for any business to profit from the nudity of its employees.
Iceland's legislature, the Althingi, passed the ban this week, with just two abstentions and no votes against.
Nude dancing was already heavily regulated in Iceland, a north Atlantic island nation of 320,000, and only a handful of clubs feature stripping.
Kolbrun Halldorsdottir, a former lawmaker who was the first to propose the legislation, told broadcaster RUV on Wednesday that "it is not acceptable that women, or people in general, are a product to be sold."
“It is pleasing how fresh the breeze of equality is at Althingi (the Icelandic parliament) these days,” said Siv Fridleifsdótttir of the Progressive Party
A total of 31 of Althingi's 63 MPs from across the political spectrum threw in their support for the bill.
However two independent MPs abstained while some chose not to be present to vote.
The country combines liberal social values with a strong women's movement.
Almost half of Iceland's legislators are women.
