The Bikinis Are Gone, But Change Is Slow for London’s Metal Boys
- Some traders kept their risque corporate parties at LME Week
- In the year after #MeToo, there’s more focus on gender issues
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Strip clubs, lap dances in limousines, and waitresses in bikinis. For decades, there’s been a very seamy side to the nightlife at London’s annual get-together for the metal-trading world.
The sexist entertainment at LME Week parties has been chronicled by British tabloids for years, but it’s starting to change -- slowly. At this year’s LME Week, some companies kept the risque corporate events. Others have given it up.