If the women working there don't mind it, I've got no issues. I've never been to Hooters, but I've been in similar places, and the waitresses seem pleased to chat with someone who isn't there for the "decor." Most of them seemed content to use what God--or whomever--gave them to get bigger tips out of foolish men.

Hubby's biopsy is day after tomorrow. Then the results and a treatment plan a week and a half later. Stress is high in Chez Neil.

I would not be comfortable going there for a work thing. Or rather, my perception of whoever chose/insisted on it would forever change.

Someone I was interviewing for an article wanted to meet (in an area of Louisiana that I didn't know anything about) at a breast-aurant called, I shit you not, Twin Peaks. I didn't quite know what to make of the decision making process that lead to the conclusion that a lady writer you don't know terribly well would be comfortable there.

ETA: much biopsy~ma to the Neil household, Connie.

I feel like a strip club is more legit than hooters. I mean, if you want hooters, fine. But seriously? I like food. If you want to see tits just go to a dang strip club. Or to the Crystal City Restaurant, which is a restaurant and strip club. ;). But I am not a guy. Maybe I just don't get it.

My issue isn't with the women working there, but with what it tells me about the men who want to go there in a business context. At all, but especially if they're taking female colleagues there.

Same with strip cubs, which I agree would be more honest.

I hope the young one really does enjoy himself.

Me too. I'm going to do my best to give him a "guys' night out" even if I can't give him any other guys.

sj, i'm glad TCG is ok. But you are right, that is added stress.

Fuck cancer, bonny.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't feel comfortable with the statement that there's some sort of moral taint to strip clubs.

I'm sorry. No, I don't particularly think a strip club is morally any worse than Hooters (the moral issue that I actually have being objectification and not so much Oh Emm Gee Ess Eee Eks). The strip club would be more awkward for me to accompany a young man to than Hooters, but Hooters is still a bit awkward. But the outfit I work for is entitled [Church Denomination] Social Services - so I am pretty sure I could state an objection to accompanying this young man to a strip club in such a way that afterward I would still have my job. But to be clear, it would be manipulative on my part rather than a courageous moral stance.

Connie, best ~ma to you and your DH.

Biopsy~ma, Connie.

I think if your job isn't sexual objectification-related, being told to add a sexual objectification-based task to your duties is wrong. If you sign up to work at Hooters or a strip club, then more power to you and may your tips be magnificent. And it's great that the guy's dad recognizes that his son is a sexual being (I wonder if he'd arrange for a daughter in similar circumstances to see a Chippendales show?). If there was a general "Who will take this fella to Hooters" call, great. But I was under the impression that Windsparrow didn't feel she had much choice, and that's a non-consensual dose of sexual objectification added to her workload.