Strip Clubs, Lap Dances Part of Corporate Life in UK

Report finds widespread use of strip clubs for entertaining is 'threatening equality'
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 18, 2009 6:00 AM CDT
Strip Clubs, Lap Dances Part of Corporate Life in UK
The sex industry is %u201Ca major threat to women%u2019s equality at work,%u201D a report from a women's rights group states.    (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

The sex industry has become a mainstream part of corporate culture in Britain and is damaging workplace equality, a report from a  women's group finds. Researchers found that many firms authorize the use of expense accounts for entertaining clients in lap dancing and strip clubs, and that most strip clubs happily provide "discreet receipts" for corporate customers, the Daily Telegraph reports.

"The sex industry is increasingly targeting the corporate market, with lap dancing clubs marketing themselves as ideal venues to host meetings and client entertaining," one researcher said. "Yet lap dancing clubs are a form of commercial sexual exploitation and fuel sexist attitudes towards women. Their use in a work context discriminates against female employees and undermines women’s status at work." (More lap dancing stories.)

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