Lap dancing clubs in Bristol applying for licences again - please object!

[ElanoraHeights]

Hi all
The two lap dancing clubs remaining in Bristol are going through their licence renewals again - Central Chambers and Urban Tiger (which is opposite the Hippodrome and several main bus stops). Although they are different companies, they are owned by the same people.

Please send in a short objection by 15th October to [email protected] explaining why these relics belong in the past. The council could have refused these licences years ago on the basis of location according to their own policy but they just don't seem to want to, despite recognising that they are problematic and restricting their opening hours.

The reference number for the Central Chambers application is Reedbed Ltd, reference: 18/03023/SEV and for Urban Tiger it's Nightlife Bristol Limited, reference: 18/03022/SEV.

Thanks all

Any questions, please ask!

Why are you intent on disadvantaging the small number of women that could gain secure employment in such establishments.

Is it because you are that insecure you think your partner may be visiting such establishments?

Thanks for posting this @ElanoraHeights. Maybe try also posting in Feminism Chat, as that tends to be more active than the activism section.

As long as the women working there are doing so of their own accord then what's the problem?

Thanks @AssassinatedBeauty - I will do.

Hi @adulthumanfemail and @AliceToo
I am concerned about the impact on all women of having clubs on the high street in which men can pay for access to a woman's body and not just the women in the clubs.

The women aren't in secure employment. The people that are tend to be the workers behind the bar and the bouncers (usually men). The dancers pay a house fee to work there and have no employment rights. One of the things that campaigners in Bristol have done is to ensure that, if we have to have these places, the women in the clubs are protected as best as possible via licence conditions.

The clubs still retain their alcohol licence even if they lose the SEV licence so they could still operate as a bar/restaurant. One place that lost its licence is now a very successful tapas bar offering secure employment opportunities.

Women in Bristol have reported being harassed by men waiting outside the clubs and also by bouncers. Someone I know moved away because of the constant harassment she faced from men going to and from the club.

Thatz a vsry enlightened view.

Not sure though if your post or person. (FEMAIL) !

Sorry couldn't resist.

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www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-big-questions/201008/sexualized-women-are-seen-objects-studies-find

"These findings are also consistent with a wide range of work showing that objectified women are perceived as less competent. Interestingly, research even finds that when men view sexualized pictures of women, they subsequently view a female experimenter as doing a worse job. In other words, men "carried over" their views of the sexualized women to another woman, who was not scantily dressed."