Fine... Don't bring your kids there. But don't judge parents who don't think it's a big deal to take your kids there (not saying ersumm and papie are... I'm referring to letsgetweird's OP).
I don't go to Walmart! Come on, lol. I guess my question is why would you bring them to hooters? Aren't there any other more appropriate places around? If not, I feel sad for your poor taste buds and eyes.
Lord, Papie, I never said that. I don't even like Hooters and certainly haven't taken my kids in one. So yeah, our poor downtrodden children can all hang out together.
Except that mine spent Christmas looking at Anne Hathaway in a cat suit so maybe not.
I'm not seeing the difference between Selina Kyle and a hooter's girl.
I'll also go out on a limb and say I don't find wearing a hooter's outfit to entice people to buy wings any different than hiring cute perky hostesses to show you to your table at Olive Garden.
Except, Gypsy, it's not really that kind of protection to me. It's not that I don't want them to know that things like discrimination, and misogyny, and racism, exist. I want them to understand inequity, and to stand against it. To me, being a patron at Hooters is excusing the way that I feel they are portraying and using women. So I don't want my kid to see me supporting it, just like I would be ashamed for them to see me go to a Chick-fil-a. They support a system that I do not.
I guess I'm hoping you're planning to be consistent. But I'm not sure if that's possible without sowing resentment in your children down the road.
And I don't mean to imply you absolutely must take them to Hooters. I'm referring to the thought process in general and applying it to a restaurant. I mean Hooter's ads aren't even provocative. It's a tank top, shorts, and glitter tights.
I guess I'm hoping you're planning to be consistent. But I'm not sure if that's possible without sowing resentment in your children down the road.
And I don't mean to imply you absolutely must take them to Hooters. I'm referring to the thought process in general and applying it to a restaurant. I mean Hooter's ads aren't even provocative. It's a tank top, shorts, and glitter tights.
I hope I can be consistent, for the things I feel most strongly about. Right now, it's easy. I don't have Chick-fil-a, or Walmart, or Lowe's, or Hobby Lobby, or Hooters, near me. But, I have an alternative close by. So right now, I don't have to give up much when I make another choice. But I hope when it comes to it, I can show my kids that sometimes we do inconvenient things to stand up for what we believe in. And there is an aspect of sheltering there. My girls are young, and impressionable. I want them to see women in places and professions of power, prestige, respect, not in one that, in my belief, devalues and disrespects her.
I guess feminism is no longer about choice. Good to know. I guess the VS models making millions a year are also put-upon women who'd rather be in the lab.
I don't mean that Imoan. It just doesn't sit well with me. I don't like Hooters. I don't like the message, so I choose not to expose my kids, or have them see me patronizing the place. *shrug*
I can't get on board with the idea that wearing hot pants and a tank top while serving up wings is devaluing and demeaning to her, particularly when it comes with nothing else suggestive.
To be honest, it's wee bit offensive to me to ascribe such a thing to little more than an outfit.
I guess feminism is no longer about choice. Good to know. I guess the VS models making millions a year are also put-upon women who'd rather be in the lab.
Weeeeellll, I could understand drawing the line at Vicky's though. lol Especially those damned runway shoes and the pervasive notion that you need to be wide eyed, pouting, and ass twerked to be attractive to men.
I can't get on board with the idea that wearing hot pants and a tank top while serving up wings is devaluing and demeaning to her, particularly when it comes with nothing else suggestive.
To be honest, it's wee bit offensive to me to ascribe such a thing to little more than an outfit.
I can't imagine I'd ever go to a hooters, but since I an only assume it would be under duress I.e. starvation , then sure. It's not exactly a den of iniquity.
I wouldn't go to Hooters period, but I do know that they have marketed themselves as a family establishment in the past. I recall an ad with a mom, a dad, and a super stoked 10yo.
But really I just wanted to post in here that we just got back from visiting my h's family in Omaha where there is a new restaurant called "Twin Peaks," advertising their "scenic views." My MIL mentioned that she thought her and FIL should try it out bc it "looks like a really cozy, rustic type of place with photos of mountains and nature and the like." Lol!