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There's a take away in the city centre with an add in the window offering a 'free lapdance' in the window...

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LadySybilDeChocolate · 30/04/2012 12:33

from a local lapdancing hole (with the smartphone app on the add IYSWIM). Every time I pass it I get more and more angry. WWYD?

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SkaterGrrrrl · 06/05/2012 17:58

take

SkaterGrrrrl · 06/05/2012 17:57

Good luck with it - I think its so important to takl a stand against this casual sexism.

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LadySybilDeChocolate · 01/05/2012 13:56

IIRC, it's vandalism/criminal damage to do that EightiesChick. I can't leave ds alone or I would go in.

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MrsClown · 01/05/2012 12:08

I agree with eighties chick. Even if they only open at night I would make a point of going in and asking them to take it down. Get as many men and women as you can to go in and say the same then if they dont take it down write to the news paper. You cant be the only person in Derby who is wound up about this and believe me I dont blame you.

SinglePringle, I wish I lived in a world where I thought it was ok to sell women's bodies with take aways I am sure my life would be much easier! However, I am so sad that I live in world where some people do think it is ok. Wake up and smell the coffee for goodness sake.

EightiesChick · 01/05/2012 10:09

If it's closed during the day I would consider sticking something over the outside of the window that obscured the poster and was very hard to get off the window. Like those impossible-to-remove stickers that parking enforcement people stick on your windscreen if you've parked somewhere you shouldn't (not that I have ever done this, of course Blush) with high tack adhesive. Just a thought.

AliceHurled · 01/05/2012 09:57

You could also run in, rip them down, and run back out Grin

LapsusLinguae · 30/04/2012 23:58

You could also report to the Advertising Standards Authority. This is a poster type ad in a public place. The online reporting mechanism is fairly easy. The take away will have to deal with ASA even if the complaint is not upheld. Make sure you talk about objectification and any local schools etc as that will strengthen the complaint.

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LadySybilDeChocolate · 30/04/2012 22:07

It's inside the window, facing outwards and has now been joined by another picture of a bikini wearing woman with huge erm...yes.

I'll try the licensing dept. I took pictures, I'll upload them when I can find the lead.

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AliceHurled · 30/04/2012 19:46

You could try the council's licensing dept. They sometimes have restrictions on what can and can't be shown on an advert.

EightiesChick · 30/04/2012 16:16

Is it inside the window facing out, or inside the shop IYSWIM?

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LadySybilDeChocolate · 30/04/2012 14:26

It's not open until stupid o'clock, it's a burger joint for the clubbers.

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EightiesChick · 30/04/2012 14:25

Go in and say you will not buy anything from there till it's taken down. Get your son to do it too (that'll make them think) and persuade anyone else who's local to do it. The threat to the business will be what motivates them. Could then try local paper etc.

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LadySybilDeChocolate · 30/04/2012 14:18

I'll take one on the way past. Smile

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theresafire · 30/04/2012 14:18

At the takeaway, doh!

theresafire · 30/04/2012 14:15

Can u post the photo? (of the ad, that is).

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LadySybilDeChocolate · 30/04/2012 13:35

I'll pop past on the school run and take a picture. I find it disgusting. There was an advert in the window of a clothes shop last year (Officers club I think), for a competition to Ibiza or somewhere which had a woman's body dressed in just a bikini (and with oversized breasts). I found that disgusting, this is far worse though.

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OhDoAdmitMrsDeVere · 30/04/2012 13:30

FFS this takes treating women like a peice of meat to a whole new level.

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LadySybilDeChocolate · 30/04/2012 13:26

Ok, I'll write to the owners first and see if it's removed. I disagree with women being seen as a sex object, we are people in our own right. I'm trying to raise my son to value women and their contributions to society but it appears to be an uphill struggle.

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UnChartered · 30/04/2012 13:22

sometimes a mention on fb raises awareness though - i'm sure lots of my fb friends are sick of me and my campaigning Wink but i care not, they know where the 'unfriend' button is

KRITIQ · 30/04/2012 13:19

I think I'd complain to the owners of the establishment first. They or one of their employees would have agreed to display the advert so they would be the ones who would take it down.

If you get the brush off, say you'll go to the local papers. It's not likely to do their business any good if you do.

The problem with adverts like this being in take away windows next to those advertising a room for let or second hand sideboard going cheap is that it "normalises" the buying and selling of women and girls for sexual purposes. The more you see things like this, the less strange and uncomfortable the idea becomes.

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LadySybilDeChocolate · 30/04/2012 13:19

I'll write to the local paper. Good plan, thank you. Smile I'm not sure my fb followers will be a lot of help though.

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UnChartered · 30/04/2012 13:17

write a letter to the local paper?

use your fb page?

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LadySybilDeChocolate · 30/04/2012 13:16

I'm in Derby, Thistle.

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LadySybilDeChocolate · 30/04/2012 13:15

Oh, I bet the newspaper would like a story. Wink

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Thistledew · 30/04/2012 13:14

Where do you live? I would be up for some direct action.

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