Small victory for adult industry in UK....

sarettah · 06-18-2003

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...koe_britain_sex

Sex shop chain wins fight over job ads
1 hour, 54 minutes ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Sex shop chain Ann Summers, which brought sex toys and saucy lingerie to the High Street, has won a legal battle after a judge ruled that government job centres must post its help-wanted ads.

They had refused to publicise the company's vacancies because of a government policy barring businesses associated with the sex industry from advertising with state employment centres.

"I think this is a fantastic victory both for Ann Summers and for common sense," the chain's chief executive Jacqueline Gold said afterwards.

A High Court judge ruled that the ban was unlawful, saying that the employment exchanges of Jobcentre Plus had lost sight of their primary purpose of helping people find work.

"It (Jobcentre Plus) paid insufficient regard to its legal obligation to assist employers to find vacancies," Justice Newman ruled.

Ann Summers has become well known with 82 stores around the country selling raunchy clothes and sex toys with provocative names like "Rampant Rabbit", "Nipple Ripples" and "Jiggle Balls".

In defending its ban, Jobcentre Plus said that advertising Ann Summers vacancies could cause embarrassment to job seekers.

But the chain countered that many other clothing and department stores also sold lingerie, vibrators and novelty sex items and were not considered to be part of the sex industry.

Rox · 06-18-2003

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Originally posted by sarettah@Jun 18 2003, 06:40 AM
In defending its ban, Jobcentre Plus said that advertising Ann Summers vacancies could cause embarrassment to job seekers.

If you're embarrassed at seeing a want ad for a job at a place called Nipple Ripples, you're far too emotionally unstable to be working for anyone and should just check yourself into the nearest psychiatric hospital. You could probably spend the rest of your life collecting disability payments.

Mike AI · 06-18-2003

I love the word saucy...

I do not think it is used enough!

ounique · 06-18-2003

You're right, Mike. I am feeling saucy today, myself. I hope you have a saucy day.

Timon · 06-19-2003

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Originally posted by Mike AI@Jun 18 2003, 10:18 AM
I love the word saucy...

I do not think it is used enough!

You must have never been in the UK, they use that word at least twice in every sentence.

sarah_webinc · 06-19-2003

Ann Summers is like the K-Mart of sex shops. Bright lights, clean, with mild ass porn and 'novelty' items. Their sex toy parties replaced tupperware parties years ago but they are still sex toys for those too scared to go to a real sex shop.

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