Raunchy strip club signage is posing a moral and physical danger to Hobart schoolchildren, critics say, after one youngster walked into a pole while ogling a picture of a "rude lady".
Hobart Hooters Bar owner Peter Johnson was on Tuesday refusing to replace two signs causing some offence, saying the controversy was "a storm in a D-cup".
The club is close to a cinema and a private girls' school and its two two-metre-high exterior signs are visible from 100 metres away.
They show a woman's naked torso and a bikini-clad pole dancer.
The Advertising Standards Bureau has received complaints about the signs and the girls' school principal says they are inappropriately placed.
The Hobart City Council is struggling to find a regulation prohibiting the signage - amendments to planning have been flagged to remove the signs.
Tasmania's Commissioner for Children Paul Mason said the police may be able to bring a charge against Mr Johnson.
"I know of one family friend's seven-year-old who walked into the pole outside the club on his way home from school because he and his little mate were ogling the picture of the rude lady," Mr Mason said.
"This external public display of soft porn contributes to the unwanted sexualisation of children and contributes to normalisation of the sex industry in their minds, particularly in young women.
"It stops parents from being able to control the children's interpretation."
But Mr Johnson remains defiant saying he will post bikini-clad models outside the club to advertise if the signs are removed.
The same level of nudity can be seen at any beach or pool, he said.
Mr Johnson said no one had complained to him about them in the three months they've been up.
