Wednesday, August 01, 2007

I Can See Your Junk: A Compelling Legal Argument

Hooters [resturant] targets male customers with a female waitress staff, though men work at Hooters as cooks, hosts (at some franchises), busboys, and managers. The menu includes hamburgers and other sandwiches, steak, seafood, and chicken. It also specializes in Buffalo wings. Almost all Hooters hold alcoholic beverage licenses and sell beer and wine. They sell t-shirts and various mementos.

The chain is controversial on two counts:

  1. The uniform is considered by some to be objectification of women. The general environment of the restaurant is seen by many people as sexist and demeaning to women.
  2. The restaurant hires only women as servers, and refers to them as "Hooters Girls". Several discrimination lawsuits brought against the chain have been settled out of court or dropped by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), some after an advertising campaign featuring St. Petersburg, Florida, Hooters kitchen manager Vince Gigliotti dressed in a Hooters Girl serving uniform.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooters

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