I WAS pleased to hear that our newest nightclub, 'Toast', was stopped from showing soft-core pornography in its male toilets by the city council because it did not have a cinema licence.

However, I have now heard that Toast has applied for a cinema licence and the committee will discuss it on July.

No positive outcome can be gained from granting a cinema licence to Toast and a number of negative outcomes are likely, namely an increase in sexual harassment and attacks on women in our city.

In showing pornographic material the club is encouraging male patrons to objectify women as sexual objects for entertainment's sake, and I am concerned as to what effect this will have when they leave the toilets and return to the dance floor.

Surely the council would not support the opening of a pornographic cinema in the city centre? If that is the case then it cannot allow a licence to be granted for the showing of pornographic film.

Anyone who shares my feelings should send formal objections to: Mark Cullinan, Chief Executive, Lancaster City Council, Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster, stating why they personally object.

I just hope that our new councillors feel the need to protect and honour the women of our city by stopping this unnecessary cheap objectification of our bodies.

Trish McGrath, Lancaster University.