Female here, I’ve been to a few strip clubs, actually never a Hooters. In the strip clubs I didn’t care as long as the staff paid attention to me as well to as my male companions. This included the strippers, who did acknowledge my presence with friendly but non-erotic eye contact during their show, and include me in their conversation if they came up to my companions when they were on break. I was about 5 feet away from the pole so it was hard to miss me sitting there. Some basic acknlowledgement was I needed. Someone to bring me a drink and treat me like a customer. I’ve been to private strip shows that were really fun! Playful, not degrading, original routines. There is no reason a straight female guest cannot enjoy a show like that. And who knows female guests might be strippers themselves on their off night, and would appreciate a good show, and they might even tip.
Yes it IS flagrantly sexist not to mention appalling that anyone would want to watch scantily clad women while they eat or do anything else. It’s nothing more than a sexist club for men. Any man who would go there has a problem and does NOT respect women. I would feel the same way if it were a club where scantily clad men pranced around delivering food. Appalling.
I can’t tell if you are kidding or not but that is blatantly false. Hooters is PG rated and everyone is welcome. The people that work there do it willingly and most of the patrons go there because they really like women and are willing to tip very well.
I know a few Rhode Island strippers that also do it willingly and probably make more money than both of us put together. I like talking to them and they know full well what they are doing. One in particular sets her own hours and has been to 19 countries in the past few years. Another is a museum curator that is saving up for a very nice Boston house. If that is the definition of “hate”, I want someone to hate me in the same way.
Have you actually BEEN to a Hooters? Shorts and a T-shirt is “scantily clad”?
You’ve never eaten at a beach? Ever see any women there?
Ever walk around DC in the summer? People have less on then the workers at Hooters.
I’m a woman, and being around scantily clad female employees makes me uncomfortable. Though my view may not be representative of “most women.”
In reading through this thread, I was hoping someone would have summed up my viewpoint so well that I could just quote the other person and say ditto, but since that didn’t happen, I’ll attempt to explain.
I feel like in an establishment where women emphasize their sexuality, their end goal is to get their clients attracted to them, leading to a larger tip. So if I walk in, a woman who’s not attracted to other women, then once the employee figures out I’m not attracted to her then she pretty much has no use for me, and will ignore me as much as she can get away with. I remember going into a Titled Kilt with a female friend one time, and sitting at our table for a good 10 or 15 minutes with our server blatantly ignoring us as she sat and flirted with some men a table down. I’d rather go to a place where the employees are more interested in treating me like a paying customer, though I think it’s really even more basic than that. To feel like I’m irrelevant to a person unless I’m attracted to her is just not a feeling I’d volunteer for.
Do you really think that’s the same as going into a restaurant with a name that’s basically “Tits!!” and the only ones underdressed are the female wait staff? There’s a vibe to Hooters and Twin Peaks - it ain’t “beach like”.
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I’ve been to a gay bar and felt nothing more than I was hanging around a bar where the clientele was more handsome than usual.* The place was more for people in relationships to hang out than a meat market; I was never propositioned there, if that’s what you’re driving at.
*Your average gay guy is more attractive than your average hetero guy. Hell, your average gay guy is more attractive than a large chunk of hetro women.
Sorry, but I don’t consider shorts and a T-shirt to be underdressed.
And the poster said “Yes it IS flagrantly sexist not to mention appalling that anyone would want to watch scantily clad women while they eat or do anything else” (bolding mine)
Silly me for thinking the poster actually meant “do anything else”
I’m pretty sure people want to watch scantily clad women while doing a lot of things. Going to Hooters isn’t one of them. Since, you know, they are not scantily clad.
I doubt it. I used to go to Hooters frequently, and I often brought a magazine or a book with me. No big deal!
I have been to gay bars too when I lived in New Orleans and got blatantly propositioned. I thought it was fun and took it as a compliment. I have also been to a lesbian bar where I was one of the only guys around. The butch ones used the “men’s” bathroom so, when I needed to go, a couple of them said, “hey!, there is a real one in here”. I thought it was funny.
This neo-puritan sexual repression has got to go. Consenting adults should be able to do whatever they want as long as they wren’t hurting anyone else. I wish I could get free stuff just by wearing revealing clothes but that isn’t happening for a middle age man like me. I would be a stripper in a heartbeat if someone would pay good money for it. I don’t blame any of them for doing it. The ones that I know aren’t exploited at all.
You don’t think calling a bar “Tits!!” means anything and you’ve never been to Twin Peaks, I’m betting. Image search and you’ll see. Yes, Hooters is the conservative old timer of the “breastaurant” trend.
What does what a restaurant calls itself have to do with what “scantily clad” means?
Also, no, I’ve never been to Twin Peaks. Food any good? I don’t frequent restaurants to stare at waitresses whom I’m sure I’m not going to be dating or sleeping with. What’s the point of that?