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Women’s confederation wants ban on lap-dancing clubs
Malta Confederation of Women’s Organisations says ‘gentleman’s clubs’ must end.
25 October 2013, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
1 min read
The Malta Confederation of Women's Organisations (MCWO) has called for a ban on 'gentlemen's clubs', claiming there is a link between prostitution, crime and human trafficking in lap-dancing clubs.
"The confederation is against the regulation of the so called 'gentlemen's clubs'," MCWO chairperson Lorraine Spiteri said. "These types of businesses, which glamourise the exploitation and objectification of women for money, should be banned not regulated. Such clubs constitute a form of violence against women and violence can never be tolerated or regulated by law."
Spiteri said research had shown links between crime, prostitution, and human trafficking in such establishments. "Female workers working within this industry tend to suffer from sexual harassment and are often humiliated by the club owners who make a profit from their exploitation, as well as from the so called 'gentlemen' paying to be 'serviced' by them.
"In many instances women working in these establishments are encouraged to drink alcohol on site and are expected, or sometimes pressured to offer their sexual services. This has led countries like Iceland to place a ban on such clubs and to make it illegal for any businesses to gain any profit from the nudity and the objectification of their employees," Spiteri said.
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Who are these people? Where were they, when these clubs started quite a some time ago (during Gonzi-PN watch). I bet these pure, sophisticated, arm chair critics, are jealous of the lap dancers. Women`s Council my foot,,,, why do they not go and take a Pink Gin , play bridge, and watch a dirty movie, to vent off their sex drive.
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Making this illegal will drive it underground which means more chances of abuse, best to to keep it legal and watch over it, If the Womens Federation thinks that this "industry" will simply "go away" if made illegal are both naive and wrong! The perfect world you/they think you live in does not exist and never has!
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Don't forget men, "It has always been a women's world". Image them to rule the world? They would ask or otherwise the Almighty One so that men can become pregnant. Is this part of Equality ? Is this the kind of Democracy they believe in? do they intend to put their men on a leash too? Why don't they blame their fellow women for the disorder in marriages that we have. They could start by stop being jealous for the next door woman neighbours, at the places of work, stop dressing indecently even at the Law Courts, churches etc.
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Thats Bull shit if they want to work as lap dancers thats their desesion and no one is forcing people to go and watch and if they want to prostitute themself it should be regulated by having a medical certificate better then rape
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I think it's far better for them to be regulated. A regulated industry means that the workers can go to the authorities for help if they need it without fear that this will land them in a criminal court or deported from the country. It's naive to assume that all the women (or men) who work in this industry there are being coerced or are there against their will. Many selected this work willingly, and in full knowledge of what it entails. For those who did not, pushing things underground will not help them at all - it will only make them invisible to the public. Out of sight, out of mind.
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Maybe these women should frequent these clubs and experience the professional teams which are employed as dancers before they start criticizing these clubs. These is purely an enertainment venue if they do not enjoy these places simply do not frequent them.
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Worried about the competition, ladies? Yakk, these dancers must be Labour at heart! UFFA!!
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I would like to think that our country can attract money-spenders of a better quality. I would feel safer too. How would you like such a club next door to your home?
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could it be they want a ban after the change in govt!!!after all they opened and flourished under the previous administration.!
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They prefer home deliveries in the forms of male strippers @ hens parties ;)
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We should also ban the construction industry for it exploits the males for money and illegally employs migrants.
Everyone knows how to stop human trafficking: just send a policeman to ask for legal documents. Then arrest and interrogate the employee and the employer to find the traffickers. Why do they never target the source, but the effect?
