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What to do about a sex shop billboard?

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FlamingoBingo · 10/02/2011 19:56

We have a billboard advert on a main road near us. It is for a local sex shop. It's simply massive and at least 1/2 of it is taken up with a woman dressed as a bunny girl. The word 'sexy' is written in massive font across the advert.

I am desperate to get rid of it. It makes me really angry that my oldest daughter can read it; and that all my daughters are seeing it, nearly every bloody day.

What can I do? It's been defaced by feminists in the past, but it's just been replaced. A friend has said to check it's even got planning permission, but also to contact our local councillor and newspaper but what would I say!?

This is the first bit of activism I've done so I have no idea where to start!

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Unrulysun · 10/02/2011 20:44

Yeah - good point re outing yourself via google :)

I reckon advertising standards then.

AliceWorld · 10/02/2011 20:34

Re the what to say thing, I used to really make sure I worded things really well and gave the best coherent argument. Then realised that it doesn't matter. They're not reading the argument, whether they give a shit and whether they have the power or inclination to do it does not depend on your argument. So I just go straight in now.

Not to say that's what everyone should do but that's what I found.

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FlamingoBingo · 10/02/2011 20:31

I have no idea who they were, Unrulysun. Was a good two or three years ago, though.

I don't really want to put a google map link to right near where I live on here! But suffice to say it's on a very main road through residential areas.

WMMC - what would you say, though? I don't want to just sound like a moaning minnie - I want to make a good argument, but I'm too new at all this to trust in my competence!

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AliceWorld · 10/02/2011 20:29

I always go straight to the councillor. Sometimes they do stuff, sometimes they don't.

Say what you said here to her.

Or someone could deface it a lot. Then they might give up or the defacer might get arrested and fined and then make the papers like those teenagers did recently.

whomovedmychocolate · 10/02/2011 20:27

Advertising Standards Authorities cover billboards so you could go down that route also.

Unrulysun · 10/02/2011 20:23

Nor do I but I'll be happy to come and write 'Really I'm a brain surgeon' across it with you. Who are the other feminists who have defaced it?

Planning is probably the right route - it affects your right to enjoy your local area in a significant way. We need to know more about it though - where is it? (google map link would be good)