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Object: Challenging Objectification Impact of lap dancing clubs on young children: “On several occasions I have experienced sexual harassment: men often make sexually suggestive comments or gestures to me as I walk past [the lap dancing clubs]. I believe that, as a female resident, I should have the right to live without fear of violence and threat, and to walk around my local neighbourhood as freely as any male resident. At present, I do not believe I have that right.” Elaine, resident 55 “There is a bus stop near the railway station that I have used very often since I have lived here. Until a strip club opened outside this bus stop, I had never experienced a single instance of harassment, intimidation or antisocial behaviour while waiting there at up to eleven at night. Since it opened I have been subjected to numerous counts of verbal abuse [...] On separate occasions I have had men say to me “How much for a dance love? I‟ll give you £20 to get yours out.” “Show us your titties, darling” “Give us a dance sweetheart, just a treat for the lads”.” Sarah 56 “My 3 year old notices everything around him. What sense is he meant to make of the explicit posters which are designed to be sexually provocative and which so comprehensively degrade and dehumanise women? Does he begin to see women differently? Or does he compartmentalise that there is another group of women, not really like the ones he knows? Either way, regardless of all other input, his experience of what women are is tainted. What happens to the slightly older children 55 Response to consultation 56 Banyard, K., 2010. The Equality Illusion. London; Faber and Faber Limited. p.169 20
Object: Challenging Objectification who can read the degrading messages? And the teenagers who are beginning to explore their own sexuality? And what should I do as a mother? Start talking to him about the sexual oppression of women at the age of 3? Ignore the images and hope he doesn‟t mention them, although I know he sees them? I want my boys to grow up respecting women and girls. These establishments and their advertising undermine this.” Jo, Resident 57 “When I take my daughter swimming on the weekends, she asks me to make sure that we leave before nightfall. Our route from the swimming pool to the train takes us past lap dancing clubs, and although my daughter has no idea of what is going on, she finds the atmosphere frightening. I often wonder why my city council doesn't think about my right to an enjoyable night out, as much as they seem to think about the money being spent by men in lap dancing clubs.” Meredith, Resident 58 “I think it‟s terrible that a young girl can accompany her mother to the gym and see pole dancing lesson posters. That a young boy will grow up thinking that‟s a normal thing for girls to want to do and with the underlying knowledge that could bring; that they are at the gym to look good for him. I think it has done so much to make people view stripping as a „fun‟ way to make a living, which is just a huge U-turn for women in this day and age - that keeping fit is all about keeping sexy.” Ex-Watiress at Lap Dancing Club 59 57 Response to consultation 58 Ibid 59 From the forthcoming book Stripped: The Reality of Lap Dancing. Jennifer Hayashi Danns with Sandrine Leveque. 21
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