Girls fined for defacing lap dancing club poster

The way that women are portrayed in such posters, i'm surprised more posters aren't vandalised - it's goading.

I'm loving the idea of a fighting fund.

I think it's crazy that you can put posters up seemingly anywhere for lap-dancing clubs. I wish the government would be as strict on that sort of advertising as they are on tobacco ads.

Thank you.

welcome to Mumsnet, Sandwichslave.

Is it really our job to tear down posters of women earning a wage?

She's a criminal.

LOL Flamingo

"I can appreciate the girls have their ideas and opinions but there are other avenues to go about it" John, Spearmint Rhino

Urgh, how patronizing

Because Gentlemen deserve Ladies, and Ladies don't do things like that. Those girls were No Ladies.

Thank fuck :o

What an upside down messed up society we live in that deems these girls to have "broken the law" but endorses the gentlemans club. Madness.

And what's with the BBC calling it a 'gentleman's club'?

Well done those girls.

ROFL Flamingo! Good point!

love the car ad-busting.

Reminds me off the car ad

well done those girls. Establishments that sell sex shouldn't be advertised to the general public, especially where children can see it. (OK, in theory at least it's not prostitution but don't see why prostitutes' calling cards get taken out of phone boxes, while massive posters like these are allowed all over our city centres.)

So you've just got to not get caught...except if you get caught, you draw more attention to the cause. So a fighting fund would be more like a publicity fund. We'd be paying £80 per bill board advert, which is probably much, much less than if we actually paid for a proper billboard ad and it gets in all the papers and spread virally over the internet too! Just for £80! It's a bargain!

starting to answer my own question by the power of Google
so the £80 figure is because it's a fixed penalty notice for vandalism.

I'd like to think the latter.

Girls - if you are googling themselves then there are a lot of women all over the country/world who are right behind you and buying magic markers and spraypaint. :)

Cock and balls? No, I don't think there's a fine for emblazoning the Patriarchy Coat of Arms.

interesting q re fighting fund HB.

I wonder how much people are usually fined for defacing posters.

If some teenage boy draws a cock and balls on the poster in a bus shelter does he get fined £80? We never hear about that in the press. Because it happens all the time so it's not worth reporting or because it doesn't happen?
I would be very interested to know if these girls are being dealt with more or less harshly than your average vandal.

it is fab that this is being reported btw - I wonder if they are kicking themselves for getting caught or chuffed to bits that their protest has effectively been seen by many more people.

Can we set up a fighting fund for such offences?

This is exactly what women should be doing. It is a perfectly legitimate tactic, how fucking dare the patriarchy rub our oppression in our faces like this. If there were a fund to cover the expenses of activists - including court fines - then that would send a very clear message to judges that public opinion sees this as legitimate action.

Or would it just lead to higher fines as judges seek to ensure that we don't get too uppity?

Has vajazzling become a byword for pandering to the patriarchy since I last wandered through here?

Seems appropriate. Having said that, am now wondering if a tattoo of some angry eyes wouldn't be a good addition to my nether regions.

Good for the girls, love the way young people are turning out these days

'John said they will be arranging for more posters to be displayed in the city advertising the company.'

I'm sure the feminist groups in Leicester and Leicester Uni will resist the temptation to repeat this regrettable occurrence. Oh yes.

Yes, because the law should always be put above what is moral and right

They're getting their punishment, you don't need to worry...you can get off your high-horses.

The article says their mother felt the same as we thought we would - proud!

Good for them.

I'm sad to say that it never actually occurred to me to deface the advert for a 'gentleman's club' that is near our house.

I am, of course, now considering criminal damage not going to do anything about it.