Life near Strip Clubs: Women’s Voices from UK Cities, by Dr Laura Favaro, presents findings from a FiLiA study examining how strip clubs are viewed and experienced by women living, working and moving in their vicinity in Cardiff, Edinburgh and Manchester. Fieldwork took place in late 2025 using two methods: street-level engagement with women near strip clubs and in-depth interviews with local women who reported feeling affected by their presence. In total, 685 women provided street-level comments and a further 23 women took part in an interview.

Across the three cities, opposition to strip clubs was the dominant response, expressed in 55% of comments, while supportive views formed a small minority at 8%. Other respondents expressed more ambivalent or indifferent views, though these still tended to lean more towards critical perspectives than support for strip clubs. Across response types, strip clubs were understood as part of the sex trade, with the majority of participants supporting their abolition.

Read the study here.