Comments on: New feminist gripe against Hooters

By: smurfy

smurfy — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:11:54 +0000

NOW: ensuring Jerry Seinfeld was right when he said, " there is really no such thing as fun for the whole family." Next up, no brew pubs in malls. You're supposed to sit in the massage chair and watch the kiddies while we shop for ~~makeup~~ mom jeans

By: Ben S

Ben S — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:22:19 +0000

Someone hasn’t watched much TV lately.

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:33:12 +0000

“That is the description of Hooters by NOW, not the chain itself.
Hooters says it is a a family place that uses the sex appeal of its female employees as part of its business strategy.
That is not “adult entertainment”

Per the article: “Hooters is described in official business filings as a provider of “vicarious sexual entertainment.”

So, sexual entertainment is not adult entertainment. Sexual entertainment is something for kids?

By: Melvin H.

Melvin H. — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:56:18 +0000

Nora, it is precisely the stands that NOW is and have been taking–similar to PETA’s stand on, for example, drinking beer instead of milk (to underage USAFA cadets)–that makes it easy to make fun, not only of NOW but feminism in general. Once, and only when, NOW takes on more serious issues–i.e. protesting about, say, the treatment of women in parts of the Islamic world–will they be taken again seriously.

By: Nora

Nora — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 22:53:25 +0000

It’s not a feminist gripe, though. I swear so many people love to make fun of feminism or label something as “feminist” when they clearly have very little or no familiarity with feminist views.
Also? The National Organization for Women is an organization that is trying to make itself relevant again. It’s dying out and is so far removed from the feminist nonprofit/activism sphere.

By: JT

JT — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 07:20:07 +0000

I honestly don’t understand families like that.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:04:25 +0000

Maybe NOW should be satisfied that the Hooters servers make much more than their similarly situated male counterparts.

By: bumper

bumper — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:16:26 +0000

Or maybe the bunch of dried-up old harpies that comprise NOW have once again discovered that they have fallen out of the MSM’s attention and are striving to regain their previous position of ridicule and indifference with just one more “act of desperation” and the are the gals to do it.

That said a meal at Hooter’s is hardly fine dining and the sights are little more than titillating, but at least they don’t give out toys with the kid’s meal.

By: spo

spo — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:14:27 +0000

These NOW people are such awful scolds.

By: USNR (Ret)

USNR (Ret) — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:45:01 +0000

My daughter (then about two) loved her “Hooters in Training” t-shirt. She seems to have overcome the emotional scars that the chain inflicted upon her.