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OBJECT challenges ‘sex object culture’ – the ever increasing sexual objectification of women in the media and popular culture through lads' mags, advertising or lap dancing clubs.
Sex object culture has been driven by the mainstreaming of the porn and sex industries and has been highlighted as a 'conducive context' for violence against women (End Violence Against Women Coalition, 2008).
We raise awareness of the links between sex object culture and sexism because of the need to tackle the attitudes underpinning inequality and violence against women.
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OBJECT and Eaves have launched the UK's first campaign to challenge the demand for prostitution. Demand Change! will raise awareness of the realities of prostitution and call for all political parties to tackle its demand. It seeks to criminalise those who buy sexual acts whilst decriminalising those selling them and helping women and girls to exit prostitution.
BREAKING NEWS: New Laws to criminalise purchase of sex from someone who is forced or coerced passed. Read more here. Find out more about the Demand Change! campaign at www.demandchange.org.uk
Challenging the normalisation of lap dancing
A legal loophole has meant that lap dancing clubs have been licensed as cafes. OBJECT is stripping the illusion that buying a lap dance is no different from buying a latte and we have been campaigning with The Fawcett Society to give local people the powers to object to lap dancing clubs opening in their neighbourhoods.
BREAKING NEWS: New Law passed to end the licensing of lap dancing clubs as cafes. But the lap dancing industry is trying to weaken reforms by lobbying for preferential treatment for existing clubs. Take Action here
End Violence Against Women Coalition (2008) Fulfilling Obligations, Realising Rights: A Template for an Integrated Strategy on Violence Against Women |
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