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Hooters sponsor children's football team

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ArabellaScott · 02/09/2022 11:30

Here's the most surprising new feminist publication of the 21st century, the Daily Mail, with coverage.

'Notorious bar Hooters has caused outrage after it announced that it was sponsoring a children's under-10s team for the forthcoming season.'

www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-11170151/Hooters-sponsor-local-10s-boys-football-team-enraging-parents-online.html

Weirdly the football team's twitter is all about 'encouraging females into the game', with mentors for girls etc.

If they can see that a female mentor can be a positive role model, what do they consider female staff in sexually provocative clothing?

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WomaninBoots · 02/09/2022 21:01

Just a restaurant that reduces women to a pair of comedy breasts in its very name.

Yeah nothing wrong with getting children involved with that.

Janesmom · 02/09/2022 20:58

Haha. Wouldn’t bother me at all. It’s just a restaurant. If anything, great to see them supporting a local team.

PermanentTemporary · 02/09/2022 16:48

Yeah, bag o'shite.

Is it real though or just 'somebody said this might happen'?

Might as well have the John Player Special Under 12s League.

WomaninBoots · 02/09/2022 16:36

Oh yes. Hooters is old fashioned misogyny for sure. I didn't mean the existence of Hooters made me feel old.

What I meant was, that people thinking it is cool to introduce children to strip club culture and holding the performers up as "positive" role models for little girls made me feel old. Because the idea is horrifying to me! So I must be really behind the times.

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ArabellaScott · 02/09/2022 15:19

Yes, it seems like such old-fashioned sleazy cheese that I'm a bit surprised anyone would actually entertain it these days.

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FunnyTalks · 02/09/2022 14:38

WomaninBoots · 02/09/2022 13:02

God I feel old.

I feel like children shouldn't even know somewhere like Hooters exists if at all possible.

I think the entire concept of Hooters seems old though. It exemplifies the very basic, obvious objectification that I grew up with in the 80s /90s. It's page 3 /lads mags /playboy level shit.

It's not like only fans, where self-identified-as-progressive men can write intellectual pieces on how very empowering it is.

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ArabellaScott · 02/09/2022 14:29

I'm just wondering how the football club have squared this in their heads. 'Here's a female role model, girls, she works at 'Hooters', which is slang for 'breasts''.

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WomaninBoots · 02/09/2022 13:02

God I feel old.

I feel like children shouldn't even know somewhere like Hooters exists if at all possible.

nauticant · 02/09/2022 12:29

I wonder whether Hooters recruit their staff on the basis of sex or do they now recruit proressively on the basis of gender identity?

Plasmodesmata · 02/09/2022 11:49

Ewww.

puffyisgood · 02/09/2022 11:41

it's disgusting. the idea of Hooters is mind bogglingly tasteless. I'd be more or less ok with a restaurant chain called 'hot babes' or something, with similar uniforms and staffing policies, but for the name and logo to be focused purely on tits, in the 21st century, is so far beyond the pale as to be very deeply unfunny.

Helleofabore · 02/09/2022 11:36

My flabber is gasted, Arabella.

I am sure that another style of feminist will be applauding this and calling any person who can see the issues with this sponsorship 'haters'.