London strip clubs face the axe

[MisterDarsey]

Help to get 11 strip clubs in Tower Hamlets closed down by responding to an online consultation (very easy to fill in)

object.org.uk/home/3-news/140-tower-hamlets-11-strip-clubs

I can't link this for some reason (get 'page unavailable') but you need Camden council's crime figures and Metropolitan police stats, esp Sapphire unit (sexual violence)
You will see how Tottenham Court Rd became a no-go area for young women, unfortunate given the number of students round there
Their rights important?

Julia, Camdens figures were the ones used in the Lilith report which was inaccurate and they were shown that sex crimes actually went down over the time period that lap dancing was introduced especially in comparison to sex crimes of other boroughs without lap dancing the review of the analysis is

www.scribd.com/doc/47185652/Green-Paper-Camden-Lilith-rape-stats

Is that the one based on Brooke Magnanti's (hand maiden in chief, daughter of serial prostitute user who sought her approval of his behaviour) research? Not biased then.

Julia the maths don't lie. The Camden research was flawed and more than one source has proved that. However I have my blinkers and you have yours, still doesn't get away from a flawed methodology by the Lilith report. The most experienced anti LDC campaigners are now shying away from Lilith as it is so flawed. But believe that a PhD lies in a green paper if it makes your little world better.

I am sorry Julia I was a little harsh in my last statement. Just that people think because of her background she can't do this sort of analysis without being bais. However let me just say one thing her work has been out over 2 years which would be plenty of time for someone to disprove her statements. The fact that no one has produced work doing so is a statement in itself.

Tony As I have said, I'm sure there are some people in the sex industry who are content in their role. However, that minority are very vocal in their support of the industry at the expense of other voices. I don't think we'll be seeing Billy Piper in a series about a 14 yr old (Average age of entering prostitution - average means lot are younger) drug using kid out of the care system after a life of emotional neglect and abuse. I take great exception to the sanitisation of something which cannot be sanitised. In Australia, the state gives out anaesthetic in brothels to inject into the vulva with the warning it can mask more serious injuries. In what way do you find this acceptable? All the time this trade exists, gender inequality is reinforced. We hold these truths to be self evident.

Firstly I object to the term "sex crimes"-there is nothing sexual as far as women are concerned about the types of assaults being discussed.
Secondly, women in strip/lap dancing clubs etc are vulnerable beyond any man's imagination, whether they are able to study to degree level or not.
I wonder, when men are participating in these clubs,[let's not pretend they are merely innocent onlookers] whether they ever take time out to consider what circumstances/experiences these women have left behind, before embarking on this "chosen" path....something that I know many women are aware of and sympathise with, rather than simply assuming they ever had a real choice. Julia I agree with your comments; I am leaving this thread now, purely as I think , looking at the contributions of one other person, as if there could be an ulterior unpleasant motive for his actions....mmmmm!

chrissie thumbs up emoticon (smile seems inappropriate given the topic)

Julia, you wanted to prove a point and used Camden as your example the fact you failed to show any validity between LDCs and violence from this. I have a friend who spent 8 years on Sapphire and I have heard some horror stories (in generic terms never names). Yet even a detective in Sapphire saw no association between striptease and violence against women.

Claiming self evident would be like me saying it is self evident that LDCs reduce violence. Obviously nothing I could ever prove (although the comparison between Camden and Wandsworth is interesting) but I could claim self evident and no one would believe me. So rather than prolong the self evident discussions I will check back to see if you can provide evidence that firmly proves your point other than you saying it is right because you believe it to be right.

In a very real sense, ICBA, but I have attempted to link to the refs above, sadly, without success. Not all of it relates to Camden.

Well I have seen the information on Bristol and I am now investigating. However it is difficult as 3 of the 4 clubs are closely located with night clubs and bars so going to ask if the police has a breakdown on where offenders drank etc. The one not located near the other bars has an incredibly lower trend in comparison. I am not closed minded on the subject and more than willing to research. The base line figures make it difficult to exstrapolate as the figures include all violent occurences. I may have to apply under the freedom of information act to get a full disclosure (if there is any data sets that can be used).

I would point out that the figures gathered by tower hamlets from 2007 to 2008 www.cfps.org.uk/domains/cfps.org.uk/local/media/library/22601.pdf so the crime rate over the course of a year (page 12) and in considering it involves in and around 11 venues not really as damning as you would expect.

Sorry

I thought your OP said "London strip clubs face the arse"

And I thought "no shit sherlock"

Gender traitors? Feminism just took about 20 steps back right there.

I don't understand your question.

The strippers don't really like you.

Sorry to break this shocking news.

I know Tiny shock horror although last time I was invited out on the Dancers' Xmas party they made a fair impression of it including going dutch. However yes they don't have to be my friend. Men know this, very few of us are that stupid to believe they all like us. Still in contact with a few even though I haven't been to a venue in over 6 months.

I did a comparative analysis of Bristol, which has been quoted elsewhere as having high sex crimes near the LDCs and Leicester which is a city of similar size and has a LDC but it is located a few hundred yards away from the nightclubs in the area. Bristol has the LDCs in the heart of the nightclub district and I wanted to see if when separated it made any difference to the crime figures. Interestingly Leicester showed over 90% of violent crime is based around the nightclubs and only 4% was anywhere near the LDC. Whilst it does not prove the LDCs in Bristol do not have problems it does suggest a much deeper analysis is needed because of the area of location. Having the Bristol Hippodrome opposite 1 club really does make distinguishing figures difficult. I would suggest to anyone quoting Bristol you will need several disclaimers if you are going to directly allocate blame to the LDCs.

Now as Tiny pointed out that dancers are not friends of the customers and generally I hold this to be a truth. My position is slightly different but I will let you judge if I am likely to know anything about the real dancers.

Know several by their real names
Have been introduced to boyfriends and husbands
Been to dancers homes (and no not as a customer)
Helped with a dancer's cv (she was retiring)
Helped with College projects
Been invited to weddings
Acted as an emergency child minder when a dancer's child minder became ill.

I could go on but you get the picture. What I will say is the dancers I have met outside of the strip bar environment enjoyed their work in the main. Like any job they had bad days and good.

TBE I am looking at local police stats, reports from Police.uk and reports on crime figures from relevant local papers. The fact that a lot of the time the reports don't match exactly doesn't help. But as people are using the figures from Bristol I have tried to keep it matched to what the report claims. Your right about the figures as police.uk does not separate out rape and assualt from other violent crimes it includes it. Therefore the difficulty of maintaining relevancy is a nightmare but I have tried my best. Perhaps you would like to do an analysis that can separate out events from nightclubs so it doesn't cloud the issue in Bristol.

Different people react differently when in the industry and they leave it. I would say the ones I know who have left and still have a positive experience of it then to be the ones that used it best to fit in with the development of the rest of their lives. Most of the ones I know tend to work the London strip pub circuit which is different to the pressures of working in the LDC chains. However that said this is going to be a harsh statement but those who went in most damaged before starting seem to have had the worst experiences.

We could probably fill the board with different examples. And like any form of work some people start it that TBH never should have. The question I always ask is why if it affecting you you negatively do you stay?