Manchester lap dancing club 'Long Legs' allowed to stay open

A lap dancing club in Manchester has been allowed to continue operating despite pushback from objectors.

Long Legs, based in George Street in Chinatown, applied to have its licence renewed for another year. The venue, which describes itself as the 'premier lap dancing bar in Manchester', provides 'full nude lap dances' to paying customers.

The application was met with objections from two campaign groups. Male Allies Challenging Sexism (MACS) and Object!, who oppose the objectification of women, pushed the licensing sub committee to refuse the licence.

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The groups claim that venues like Long Legs ‘feed a culture of male entitlement and underlie the massive amounts of male violence against women’.

It was highlighted at the meeting in Manchester Town Hall that the establishment has an unblemished record when it came to upholding their side of licensing agreement.

One objector, who was not in attendance at the meeting on December 11, said in a letter: “There are 67,000 sex offenders in England and Wales and you can be sure that a sure way for them to validate their criminal desires is to visit a sex club where the women on show will act to please them, as they believe all women should, before going on to commit further such offences.

“For a man who visits such establishments, sexual violence may be considered mere 'copycat crime' much as the recent outbreak of supermarket shoplifting followed publicity about extreme shoplifters.”

Defending the business, which is run by Sandra Chan and has been in operation for decades,