Bunnies in London

7 June 2011 - The Playboy bunnies return to London! Women's rights groups have slammed Hefner for exploiting women as he re-launches a playboy Club in London. Playboy club in London. Over 100 members of the groups UK Feminista and Object will protest outside the club in Mayfair, which they claim is demeaning to women. Speaking on behalf of the groups, Julia Long told Sky News: "The women see that Playboy are about the exploitation of women. They're about the degradation of women and I think they're rightly angry at the way Playboy is trying to legitimise pornography and bring it into the mainstream. This club is another step in that direction." Hefner, who is 85, is in the UK with his 25-year-old fiance Crystal Harris for the opening. Asked what he thought about the protests he said: "A feminist protest in 2011 to the Playboy Bunnies is lame. Look around you - certain things of a sexual nature are everywhere now." "Playboy and the Playboy clubs were the end of sexism. Women were being held bondage for hundreds of years, owned first by their fathers and then their husbands, Playboy helped to change all that.