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Lap
dancing clubs
are
licensed like cafes. It is only because of a legal loop
hole that they are not licensed in the same way as peep
shows - as 'Sex Encounter Establishments'.
A Sex Encounter
Establishment is 'a venue whose purpose is to provide visual
sexual stimulation'.
Lap dancing clubs provide semi
nude and nude performances, frequently in private booths.
Clearly they are Sex Encounter Establishments.
Cafe-style licensing means that
local people have little say in where, or how many, clubs
set up. It has allowed massive expansion of the industry
and its normalising into mainstream culture. It means regulation
is so minimal that clubs can be part of the commercial sex
industry (with a culture of expectation and demand for sexual
services).
Licensing
as a Sex Encounter Establishment would allow far greater
control and regulation.
Stripping
The Illusion
is a broad coalition of MPs, peers, councillors and human
rights goups.
We call for lap dancing to be licensed, regulated and recognised
for what it is.
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