Stop Channel 5 Broadcasting 'Respectable'
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We, the undersigned, believe that Channel 5s new sitcom, 'Respectable', due to be screened in August 2006, about women selling sex in a brothel as subject of humour is a gross misrepresentation of the lives of women involved in prostitution. The reality for most women involved in prostitution is coercion, extreme violence, drug dependency, homelessness, criminal records, rapes and beatings - not shoe collections and student loans.
In July 2006, two women in Shropshire were beaten to death in a brothel. By broadcasting a sitcom that makes selling sex in brothels appear funny, Channel 5 is glamorising an industry that exploits, degrades and ultimately kills women. This sitcom should be withdrawn immediately from schedules and shelved, never to be shown.
In July 2006, two women in Shropshire were beaten to death in a brothel. By broadcasting a sitcom that makes selling sex in brothels appear funny, Channel 5 is glamorising an industry that exploits, degrades and ultimately kills women. This sitcom should be withdrawn immediately from schedules and shelved, never to be shown.
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Nik P
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I believe that this is wholey inappropriate, and devastating to women who work in the 'industry' and for women experiencing violence everywhere
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Broadcasting "Respectable" would show a staggering lack of integrity on channel 5's behalf.
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Jane B
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I am appalled that the makers of this programme think that prostitution is a suitable subject for a comedy. think
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Maureen O
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I grew up in a red light area & know that women - as well as children - in prostitution are exploited & abused. Treating prostitution as a subject for ''entertainment'' trivialises and, in effect, condones violence and abuse.
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