Women’s advocates appalled over Boys Lunch Out; event to be discontinued
SASKATOON — A fundraiser with scantily clad women that has been held annually for 35 years is being discontinued at a time of heightened awareness around gender-based violence and sexual harassment.
The Saskatoon chapter of the service organization Canadian Progress Club says on its website it will no longer hold its Boys Lunch Out event.
“The Progress Club Saskatoon Downtown recognizes the Boys Lunch Out has raised a mixed reaction in the community, with many people strongly against it,” the website said Thursday.
“This recent attention has served to highlight that some events no longer have a place in today’s society.”