The sex shop at 96 Goodwood Road, Goodwood, displaying the graphic artwork in the front window. Picture: Dean Martin Source: adelaidenow
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THIS is the graphic artwork in a sex store window which confronts families and children on busy Goodwood Road, less than 500m from the Goodwood Primary School.
The bondage scene - on display at the Adult Products At No 96 store, at Goodwood - shows a woman with her legs apart, her private parts covered with a playing card, a menacing-looking man leering at her in the background.
As far as the community can tell, no one can do anything about it.
adelaidenow was contacted on Friday by parents who believe that the image is both demeaning to women and too graphic for public display.
Goodwood mum Julie Halbert, a mother of four girls under the age of 15, was passing the sex shop near the tramline with her children on Friday afternoon when she saw the image.
"Until they put this display up I couldn't have cared less but this latest effort is really not OK," Julie said.
"On so many levels it is such a horrible depiction of a woman with her legs apart and this man leering over her.
"It is the fact that it is so derogatory to women and so graphic and prominent that is the problem.
"I rang the Unley Council and they couldn't have been more pathetic, they said there was nothing they could do and that I should ring the police. But I am sure the police have got better things to do."
Another local parent said it was "bizarre" that there were three sex shops in the space of a kilometre along Goodwood Road in an area which has a primary school, family-run cafes and a cinema that regularly screens children's movies.
"I'm not a wowser but it is pretty annoying that you can take your kids to see Happy Feet at the Capri Cinema and when you walk out the front you have to explain to them that the shop directly opposite called The Pink Pussy is not actually a pet shop," the father said.
The owner of Adult Products at No. 96, who did not want to be named, said she commissioned the artwork to appear at Barrio - the hugely popular over-18s nightclub that ran during the Festival of Arts.
She said she has received only positive comments about the image, produced by Brisbane graffiti artist Sofles, who has done work for Red Bull and Adidas.
"It was so hugely accepted at the Festival and I made a decision to have it up as a window display for a short period of time," she said.
"We have our windows (displays) changed on a very regular basis ... it will be coming down shortly, before Mother's Day (on May 12)
"I never want to offend anyone. Had I received a negative response I would have taken it down immediately."
She said playing cards were added to "strategic areas" on the original artwork before it was displayed in her store.
adelaidenow is attempting to reach Unley Mayor Lachlan Clyne for comment.
The Sunday Mail and your local Messenger newspaper would also like to hear from you about any similar issues in your area.
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