Leeds University is advertising for a $50,000 salaried researcher to study lap dancing.
The post, in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, is for:
"Research Officer – The rise and regulation of lap dancing and the place of sexual labour and consumption in the night time economy."
The government-funded position will see the successful applicant interview 300 lap dancers in two northern English towns.
The study, which comes with a salary of £31,513 ($51,928), is aimed at finding out who become lap dancers and what their working conditions are like, as well as how the number of bars have multiplied.
The ad stipulates that the successful applicant will need to have "prior experience of conducting research in the female sex industry."
But Susie Squire, political director at the TaxPayers' Alliance, had some complaints about the position.
"It may be a dream job for some men, but it's just another nightmare of public sector waste for the ordinary people who pay for it."
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