ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the understanding of the geographies of the sexual city by demonstrating that sexuality is often integral to the construction of both family and community space. It explains the Policing and Crime Act 2009, which was intended to give communities more say over the presence of striptease and sexual entertainment venues in their local authority area. The chapter describes the way that this regulation has been enacted so as to allow or discourage clubs in particular communities, noting a strong tendency to locate such clubs away from spaces associated with families. It explores the justification for such actions, considering the moral geographies they reinforce. In a wider sense, allowing sexual entertainment venues to persist under certain conditions, rather than banning them outright, reflects wider shifts in the regulation of sexuality. Commercial sex premises of various types have often faced opposition from community groups who adopt a variety of tactics designed to force their relocation or closure.
