NOW Suing Hooters; Saving Women from Themselves Before They Become Women
The National Organization of Women (NOW) has seen enough at Hooters, this time looking right past the vulnerable, half-dressed waitresses, and instead filing official complaints against the franchise for catering to children. In this case, NOW is citing that several of the locations in California, such as San Francisco, Sacramento, and San Bruno, fall under the category for “adult entertainment”, but cater to minors, as well.
While Hooters does usually have all of the accoutrements that a child may require, such as high chairs, booster seats, and children's menus, maybe the tiny “Future Hooters Girl” t-shirts for little girls are a little too much for NOW. NOW is claiming that Hooters is violating several local and state laws which prohibit “adult” businesses from serving minors, and is in violation of federal employment standards, as well.
Hooters, on the other hand, as quoted from its web site in the San Francisco Chronicle, claims that it “does not market itself to families, but they do patronize the restaurant.” The Hooters site also infers that it serves a full range of customers, which just happens to include kids. However, Hooters does claim that a mere “10 percent of the parties we serve have children in them,” a number which, in this reality, would be fatal to what most people would consider a “family” restaurant.
Anyone who has seen a billboard or watched a commercial for Hooters cannot claim ignorance when it comes to being served by well-endowed, scantily clad women. In addition, most of the promotional material for Hooters is presented at an adult level, as the major draws are widely considered to be wings, breasts, and beer.
With the exception of the huge piles of wings that have become the specialty for the diner, rarely does one go to Hooters for the food. Children that do patronize the restaurant will likely be less concerned about anatomy, and more concerned as to why their chicken fingers taste like old tires. Whereas those kinds of breasts are likely inedible, the other kind are untouchable, and there is nothing that takes place in the dining area that can’t be found on a local TV station, let alone basic cable. Parents that do drag their children along to such a place are merely doing them an injustice by exposing them to bad food and a little overinflated flesh.
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