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Interesting comment/article:
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/cat ... okers.html

Quote:
There must be something about autumn. In the past few weeks, not only has Playboy opened up a flagship store on London's Oxford Street, but Cardiff Council has announced its latest wheeze to encourage family fitness - pole dancing classes for 11 year olds. I know the government has been calling for more vocational courses for Britain's youngsters, but surely this is taking things a bit too far?

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It's time we stopped sending out such mixed messages, protecting our children on the one hand and sexualising them on the other. Pole dancing is not just innocent fun and a good way to keep fit; it's an integral part of the sex industry and it has no place in our children's lives. The Playboy bunny is not just a fluffy designer logo; it is the no 1 icon of the p<3n industry. Children of eight and nine may be completely oblivious to this, but their parents aren't - and, more importantly, neither are sexual predators.


I have to say, I agree with the writer's sentiments.

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique wrote:The Playboy bunny is not just a fluffy designer logo; it is the no 1 icon of the p<3n industry.

Ahhh, the power of perception. From a business perspective , if you actually look at what Playboy put their name to (apart from the magazine) it's pretty tame stuff, a brand that everyone has heard of but is actually exceptionally weak in what it does.

scot1870 wrote:

shafique wrote:The Playboy bunny is not just a fluffy designer logo; it is the no 1 icon of the p<3n industry.

Ahhh, the power of perception. From a business perspective , if you actually look at what Playboy put their name to (apart from the magazine) it's pretty tame stuff, a brand that everyone has heard of but is actually exceptionally weak in what it does.

I agree with the quote.

Playboy may be 'tame' in terms of p<3n nowadays - but it is still a company based on p<3n, and therefore a symbol of the p<3n industry.

The fact that naked women is considered tame is part of the problem - but we have debated this ad nauseum before on this forum

Cheers,
Shafique