# What do women think of being in the presence of scantily clad women (i.e., Hooters?) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 2, 2018, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313 "2018-06-02T08:06:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313/21 "2018-06-02T19:04:51Z")
> [@Covfefe](#): > > I’m going to hazard a guess alcohol was involved, possibly a considerable amount at other venue(s) before arriving there. I don’t see a relatively sober cadre of women going to see female strippers as likely. To each his, or her, own, I guess. Women must be different - in fact, I am pretty sure they are in other ways, but I am trying to figure out how much my desire to see male strippers would be affected by my level of intoxication. And the answer is ‘not much’. If I want to see what they have on display, I can just drop trou. Maybe they display it more artistically, but that doesn’t address the basic issue. I wouldn’t be morally outraged if one or more of my friends suggested a visit to a female-oriented strip club, but I wouldn’t see the point of it either. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313/22 "2018-06-02T19:39:30Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Good quote, but per OP, is that really what women are thinking when in the presence of scantily-clad female employees? I am asking about what people are actually thinking, not what they ought to think. > > (No disrespect to you if you are a woman) This woman does. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313/23 "2018-06-02T20:52:10Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > One data point: I was asked to chaperone a bachelorette party once. They needed a chaperone because they wanted to go to a strip club (for men) and they couldn’t get in with out a male escort. > > I took a hard pass on that one. How hard was it? ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313/24 "2018-06-02T21:02:21Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Good quote, but per OP, is that really what women are thinking when in the presence of scantily-clad female employees? I am asking about what people are actually thinking, not what they ought to think. > > (No disrespect to you if you are a woman) I am a woman, no disrespect taken I assure you. Oh, and I think of this quote whenever I see women scantily clad as part of their work. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313/25 "2018-06-02T21:07:11Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I’m a guy. It’s just typical bar food. I’ve been twice. Once in St. Louis, and once in Shanghai. Both were business trips, interestingly. Yeah, it’s not better or worse than food from some place like Chili’s. I know people who actually go there for their wings. That’s kind of the thing they are known for (other than the T&A). I don’t think the wings are anything to write home about, but they do have enough of a following that they market their sauces and they even have a fast-casual restaurant spin-off called “Hoots” here in the Chicago area (Cicero, specifically) which doesn’t do the short-shorts, hires men in addition to women for ordering, and has an abbreviated menu that concentrates on the buffalo wings and shrimp. So, basically, the only reason you would go to Hoots is because you like Hooters food and don’t care about the eye candy. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313/26 "2018-06-02T21:16:20Z")
When our son was 12 or so, every time we’d go out to eat he’d say, “I wanna go to Hooters.” One day my wife decided to call his bluff. He chickened out when we got to the parking lot, but she would have gone right in there and had a plate of wings and a beer without a second thought. Of course, she wouldn’t have done that if it were some place like an actual strip club, but it isn’t like she would need a fainting couch. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313/27 "2018-06-02T21:29:09Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yeah, it’s not better or worse than food from some place like Chili’s. I know people who actually go there for their wings. That’s kind of the thing they are known for (other than the T&A). I don’t think the wings are anything to write home about, but they do have enough of a following that they market their sauces and they even have a fast-casual restaurant spin-off called “Hoots” here in the Chicago area (Cicero, specifically) which doesn’t do the short-shorts, hires men in addition to women for ordering, and has an abbreviated menu that concentrates on the buffalo wings and shrimp. So, basically, the only reason you would go to Hoots is because you like Hooters food and don’t care about the eye candy. I’ve been to Hooters with my wife several times, including way back when they all had to bare their bellies. It’s not a strip club, they’re dressed like typical young women often do in real life and in TV and movies. Last time we were at Hooters was a few years back in Baltimore. I don’t recall any young kids, but otherwise seemed like the crowd you’d find at Chili’s. I asked the waitress if I could buy a bottle of their hot sauce for my collection, she said they weren’t allowed to sell the bottles used in the store, but after paying the check she came up to me with a bottle of the sauce in a bag to go. I remember that far more than what she looked like. After all, I have seen young women wearing shorts and T-shirts before. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313/28 "2018-06-02T22:22:14Z")
I went to Hooters once. The waitress thought I was really cool— not like the jerks she’d been waiting on all day. We were going to go out on a date, but she had to study for a test that night and every night after that. I know she really liked me, because right away she wanted to meet all my friends. She even said she’d sell us a bucket of Bud Light if we promised not to tell anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313/29 "2018-06-02T23:11:31Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I’ve been to Hooters with my wife several times, including way back when they all had to bare their bellies. It’s not a strip club, they’re dressed like typical young women often do in real life and in TV and movies. Last time we were at Hooters was a few years back in Baltimore. I don’t recall any young kids, but otherwise seemed like the crowd you’d find at Chili’s. I asked the waitress if I could buy a bottle of their hot sauce for my collection, she said they weren’t allowed to sell the bottles used in the store, but after paying the check she came up to me with a bottle of the sauce in a bag to go. I remember that far more than what she looked like. After all, I have seen young women wearing shorts and T-shirts before. This is my thought exactly. Who would describe a Hooters girl as “scantily clad”? ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313/30 "2018-06-02T23:38:33Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > “I am not interested in a world where men really want to watch porn but resist because they’ve been shamed. I’m interested in a world where men are raised from birth with such an unshakable understanding of women as human beings that they are incapable of being aroused by their exploitation.” Jonah Mix Well then you’re interested in a world of something other than human beings. You’re interested in some kind of creature who is unaffected by the visual cues of the sexual characteristics of the human body. Anyone who wants this kind of world, I suggest they obtain their advanced degrees in neuroscience, psychology, and organic chemistry sooner rather than later, so they can get to work running an applied genetic engineering lab as soon as possible. I also hope this person has a lot of money to fund the project. That’s assuming the individual responsible for the original quote thinks that “all depictions of people engaged in sexual activity or in a state of nudity” is “exploitation.” Also, there are men who watch porn that doesn’t involve women. Are the individuals in that porn also being exploited? This is such utopian prudery-masquerading-as-progressivism, the dude might as well just join the LDS and get his “garments” on before the turgidity of the male organ causes his cheese to slide off his cracker. ---
**Author:** ![Dickerman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Dickerman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dickerman)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313/31 "2018-06-02T23:57:56Z")
> [@Jacquernagy](#): > > This is such utopian prudery-masquerading-as-progressivism, the dude might as well just join the LDS and get his “garments” on before the turgidity of the male organ causes his cheese to slide off his cracker. That’s exactly what I was thinking! ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313/32 "2018-06-03T00:00:02Z")
Well, with your name, I’m sure you thought long and hard about it indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313/33 "2018-06-03T00:02:18Z")
Now I have to look up “Jonah Mix.” > [@](#): > > Radical environmentalist, anti-humanist, pro-feminist. Abolish whiteness, abolish manhood, abolish this illegitimate settler nation… He sounds like an _awesome_ guy to hang out with. Maybe I’ll invite him to join me at Hooters. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313/34 "2018-06-03T00:05:13Z")
I sometimes wonder why anyone even bothers to start these kinds of “What do women think?” threads here. They always rapidly turn into threads about what _men_ think, with the few women who respond being criticized if they don’t agree with the men. ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313/35 "2018-06-03T00:09:44Z")
Scantily clad women e.g. at the beach, or a night club, I don’t pay them much mind, or might check out their outfit if it’s striking. Scantily clad employees make me uncomfortable and I stay away. I figure I am not their target market. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313/36 "2018-06-03T00:21:31Z")
> [@Jacquernagy](#): > > Now I have to look up “Jonah Mix.” > [@](#): > > Radical environmentalist, anti-humanist, pro-feminist. Abolish whiteness, abolish manhood, abolish this illegitimate settler nation… And yet, a poster on this message board quoted him as if his words were worth listening to. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313/37 "2018-06-03T00:54:42Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > A lot of the dancers will play up the comments/gay baiting for laughs because women are better tippers than guys as a whole Not according to any waitress I’ve met in my previous 10 years in the restaurant biz. In a strip bar, I think that many women who go are simply finding it fascinating, instructive or sexy. Women who go to Hooters with their husbands are just accepting of the fact that their husbands like to check out skanky chicks. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313/38 "2018-06-03T01:19:41Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Not according to any waitress I’ve met in my previous 10 years in the restaurant biz. > > In a strip bar, I think that many women who go are simply finding it fascinating, instructive or sexy. Women who go to Hooters with their husbands are just accepting of the fact that their husbands like to check out skanky chicks. Have you ever been to Hooters? They are not skanky chicks. It’s not that kind of place. I don’t know why Hooters has been lumped in with strip clubs. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313/39 "2018-06-03T01:31:14Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Have you ever been to Hooters? They are not skanky chicks. It’s not that kind of place. I don’t know why Hooters has been lumped in with strip clubs. I was going to say it’s one step down from a strip club, but it’s at least two steps down when you consider Twin Peaks in the mix. Yes, I’ve been. I don’t know where you live that average young ladies wear short shorts with nylons. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313/40 "2018-06-03T01:34:11Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > I sometimes wonder why anyone even bothers to start these kinds of “What do women think?” threads here. They always rapidly turn into threads about what _men_ think, with the few women who respond being criticized if they don’t agree with the men. This. If you really want to know what women think, go find a board with a lot fewer men than women. Or maybe, no men. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-think-of-being-in-the-presence-of-scantily-clad-women-i-e-hooters/815313.md?page=3)