To not expect explicit 'exotic underwear' advertising to land on my doormat?

[madhairday]

Just checking with the AIBU jury before I do something about it (not sure what - trading standards?)

Yesterday dd picked up a random leaflet off the floor in the hallway, as she likes to do, and brought it to me saying 'look mummy, this lady is not wearing very much.'

Turned out to be an advertisement from a local shop named 'Red Hot Lingerie', with a list of their products and a couple of pictures.

Now, I could be going all Mary Whitehouse here, but I don't particularly appreciate my dd seeing pictures of women in provocative poses modelling exotic underwear. In one the model was sitting with legs spread and wearing a creation barely containing her (ie nipples poking out.)

Now I know these images are everywhere and I may just get told to stop being so daft. But really, AIBU?

YANBU - I've had a few PABO catalogues through my door (in clear plastic wrappers), and while it doesn't really bother me (they go straight in the recycling), I wouldn't want my kids to see such stuff - the woman on the back cover was topless. How do you explain that to a child over breakfast? Plus, whatever happened to envelopes?!?

you are being a little bit mary whitehouse I think!

I would be furious.

Phone the shop and say that you don't appreciate receiving their advertising.

YANBU I would be unhappy...mind you I'm unhappy about the M&S Ahoy Boys campaign (red spotty bra and knickers set) so I may not be the sort of validation you are looking for!

If you can be bothered you could write to your local authority enclosing the leaflet and objecting to the porn the local shop is pushing at you asking them to tell the shop to stop.

Hmmmm....might do that AppleTree. I'm aware I may be being a little precious here but I'm a firm believer in not letting these types of things go just because they're everywhere. Sometimes we have to do something. ty for replies

It might be better to contact your local councillor, rather than sending a complaint direct to the council:

A) Councillor 'should' see the objection instantly, whereas a member of council staff might start wondering what regulations, if any, would be available for a complaint to be made. If the shop has done everything by the book, with planning permission, etc, etc, I'd expect someone in the local council to just shrug their shoulders

B) when the Councillor knows (and might have had other complaints), s/he could query it via the council, where s/he won't get "fobbed off" with "we're doing what we can" but also, if an approach is made, merely visiting / phoning the shop could do the trick, without even saying s/he will report their activities to the Council.

(Being nosy, MHD, this isn't Kidsgrove is it? My sister had a flat in Talke around 40 years ago, and there was an amateur radio shop in Talke Pits way back then, when I was young!)