Hooters in Newcastle

I think this pic speaks for itself

"and belittles women to nothing more than breast and a pretty face"

And do the women who work at Hooters agree? While everyone has their opinion, I think the opinion of those who work there matters more than those who don't.

“Hooters is proud of the more than 300,000 Hooters alumnae who have grown into their own lives as mothers, wives, career-minded businesswomen and entrepreneurs, many becoming doctors, lawyers, authors, government officials and community leaders.”

Vom. That's basically like saying they're prostitutes, isn't it? Unlike normal waitresses who go on to do all those things and no one needs remark on it, because waitressing is just a job you do when you're young? But by saying that, they're making it clear that the women who work there AREN'T just waitresses. Even though they are. I'm tying myself in knots here but I find that comment so repellent. Maybe it's the suggestion that they aren't too sullied to marry?

Yuk yuk yuk. Not very articulate, sorry, but that is my immediate reaction!

I think apart from what you said, maybe part of the reason is that the whole concept is so blatantly pandering to (a certain type of) men, and yet trying to make out that this is entirely normal, wholesome and family-friendly. Like it doesn't matter at all what the women who go there (or don't want to go there) might think, and they can just give the kids a smile-and-a-pat-on-the-head to keep them happy, but oh yes we must give those all-important men something to lech at....

Maybe also because it feeds into that sense of entitlement that that sort of men seem to have - that it is their right to be able to see tits'n'ass whenever they feel like it (and regardless of how their wives/the girls/anyone else feels about it), being as they are masters of the universe and all that?

Hmm. I'm pretty sure there is a way to comment on licensing applications though I don't know what the process is.