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Students express mixed views on the online campaign

An online petition has been launched which calls on Oxford City Council to prevent future establishment of lap-dancing clubs in the city.

The petition currently has 274 signatures and is targeted at Councillor Bob Price, the Leader of Oxford City Council.

The petition notes that the council has previously taken a strong stance against lapdancing clubs and ‘Gentlemen’s clubs’ in the past. It claims that lapdancing clubs “demean women and contribute to a view of women as ‘sex objects,’” and suggests that such clubs encourage the use of women’s bodies “purely for men’s sexual pleasure in the pursuit of creating profits for the club owners.”

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