The owner of a planned "James Bond meets Playboy" club has hit back at allegations that its serving staff will be "sex objects".
Proposals were unveiled this summer to transform the former Pizza Express in Dean Street, Newcastle into a "high-end" venue named the Cad Club, open to member's only and featuring “scantily clad” hostesses.
However, the project was met with strong objections from authorities and Women's Aid, which stated that the institution would be “reinforcing [that] women and girls are for sexual entertainment and this somehow is a male entitlement”, according to Chronicle Live.
City councillor Lesley Storey also maintained that it could promote a "hostile" environment for women, adding that “we need to be going forwards not
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