US-based investment firm Thrivent Financial for Lutherans has quietly sold off over one million dollars in shares in strip club company RCI Hospitality Holdings (RCIHH) after Collective Shout called on them to divest. 

We were surprised when we discovered Thrivent - a company with particular appeal to faith-based and ethically motivated investors - was propping up and profiting from the sale of women’s bodies as men’s sexual entertainment.

Over the weekend it was reported that Thrivent divested in all remaining shares for RCIHH. This is a massive victory for our movement!

“Imagine my shock when I discovered my own ten-year-old daughter was unknowingly profiting from the sexual degradation of other women”

By Sarah St. Onge

It's time to come clean

When I first heard that Thrivent Financial for Lutherans reportedly owned shares in strip clubs I knew I had to call them out. This company, with particular appeal to faith-based and ethically motivated investors - was propping up and profiting from the sale of women’s bodies as men’s sexual entertainment. 

Dump your strip shares - our call to Thrivent

US-based investment firm Thrivent Financial for Lutherans has quietly sold off nearly 10,000 shares - nearly a million dollars worth - in strip club company RCI Hospitality Holdings (NASDAQ: $RICK) after Collective Shout campaigner and CSR advisor Lyn Swanson Kennedy called on them to divest. 

We call them out on 'empowerment' claims

[Updated] What will stop neighbourhood sexploitation? (NSFW)

Yesterday I took two of my children into town for ice cream. This is what they were exposed to on a busy Perth street.

The panel considered that the relevant audience for this advertisement would be broad and include children. 

However, the best interests of children were disregarded because the sex trade has a right to promote its business, sexually objectifying and exploiting women.

"Images are inappropriate for viewing by children"