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Yet They Advertise As One and Parents Actually Take Kids There!

Hooters is not a family Restaurant

Hooters should not advertise themselves as a family restaurant. I have heard many radio advertisements that do just that. First they talk about all the sexy girls, then its, "a great place for the whole family".

However, this monkey Brain is not about what Hooters should do. This is about the Monkey Brained parents to take their kids for family nights out to Hooters. Its about the Monkey Brained coaches and parents who take Little League teams there for celebrations.

Today's kids are being exposed to sex earlier and earlier. Part of it is the media and entertainment, computer exposure and so many other things. But a lot of it is Monkey Brained parents who don't know how to parent!

Contents at a Glance

Stop Dressing Your Six Year Old Like a S...
Taking Kids to Hooters Is Bad Parenting!
HELP ME PROVE MY POINT
DISPROVE MY POINT (fine, be that way)
Mad TV on Hooters
Some Parents Are Idiots!

Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank: And Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom

by: Celia Rivenbark

Amazon Price: $3.98 (as of 06/01/2012)

Well, and if you disagree with me, get this book and read the title essay. This author had a terrible time finding decent clothing for her six year old daughter because everything she saw looked like a skankier version of Britney Spears. For six year olds!

Taking Kids to Hooters Is Bad Parenting!

What is it with these people? Do they think that teaching girls that these bimbos are role models and teaching boys that this was what girls are about is a good thing? Are they too cheap to get a baby sitter? What is the deal?

Hooters is not a family Restaurant and Taking Kids There Is Stupid

Yes, you're right!

Tolovaj says:

Even the name is inappropriate!

darlene says:

Lauren...most of you are highly educated?Well, you are not...the proper spelling is BECAUSE, not CAUSE.

sousababy says:

I don't feel little girls OR little boys will benefit from seeing how objectified the waitresses are in that restaurant (I have never been inside one, admittedly, but I 'get' what it is all about).

B says:

All that said, kids will be exposed to things like Hooters no matter how hard parents try to prevent that. It's more important that parents (especially fathers) teach kids how to treat women. (No, I am not a parent yet). I also realize some might think the fact that I like to meet beautiful women (and yes the shorts are nice) -whether through dating, social activities or as my waitress is inherently wrong or objectifying. Maybe - but I'd say it makes me a man - and women can be that way too. I think there is nothing wrong with enjoying sexuality based on physical appearance (and some Hooters girls have nice personalities, too) as long as it's in the right (respectful) context. Some women even appreciate it!

B says:

Hmm.. my comment didn't post. Does it have to be approved?

B says:

I agree. I am a 35 year old straight male. Of course I like the beautiful girls at Hooters and eat there once in a while. It's a fair way for them to make money and the ones I have met are nice, professional and provide great costumer service. However, it's clearly about sex - men go there because they enjoy how these girls look. Those girls are adults and can make that choice if it is comfortable for them. It's ridiculous to bring kids there, however. I feel I am old enough to realize how to appreciate beautiful women without treating them like objects - I treat them with respect, appreciation and good tips - especially since I know what it's like to be young, in school, etc. But kids aren't mature enough to get that (neither are some adult men for that matter). What are these parents thinking?

CruiseReady says:

Oh, I so SO agree!!!

EX-HOOTERS EMPLOYEE says:

Its the women that choose to work there and the people who choose to eat there that keep these establishments open. There are other respectable jobs that can pay you money instead of selling your body, which basically is what your doing when you wear tight shirts and teeny tiny shorts. Unfortunately I used to work there and If my outfit wasnt tight enough for my bosses liking he would make me put on a tighter one. These places are not meant for a child's entertainment even if thats what this establishment advertises, that's what Chuckie Cheese is for. I used to see kids go in there all the time and it would surprise and shock me. Our kids are constantly having sex thrown at them and its the parents job to shield them as much as possible and let them know that we shouldn't condone that kind of stereotypical attitude towards women . We need to keep our kids just that...KIDS.

gottaloveit says:

Firmly agree! I was raised in a bar, literally, as my folks own one. I knew my place though -at night, I was to stay in the backroom on my cot and was not (unless bleeding) to open the door. My parents were smart enough to shield me from the goings on late at night. I'm glad hooters wasn't around. And, while we're on the topic, why are parents putting 10 year old girls in string bikinis??

M_S_Beltran says:

I don't see anything wrong with adults selling sex as a form of entertainment or as a lure in an adult establishment. I don't see anything wrong with adults working there or going there. I think it is totally inappropriate for children, though-- boys or girls-- to be exposed to the blatant sexuality. I agree with you-- this is not a family establishment. I don't see why anyone would want to expose their young children to the overt marketing of sexuality. Seems we need less of that in society, not more. The most insulting thing about Hooters is that they do try to argue that they are a family establishment.

Athf says:

Great lens

yulie122 says:

thats right stupid retarted girls that work at hooters don't have a brain. that stupid that they say to bring your famliy. i would kill them and each one of them!!!!!:l

Will737 says:

In Springfield, Illinois most if not all of the good looking young women move away to St. Louis, Chicago, New York or LA the second they graduate from high school. So the Hooters there, being desperate, will occasionally hire a busty not too ancient looking woman or even a lebian. So this 40+(my guess) divorced woman with big boobs (probably fake) and an obvious delusion that she looked young was in her Hooter Girl uniform, and she was kissing the backs of the necks of three of the college boys sitting at the bar. There were six there. Yes it was the middle of the day. Yes in in my opinion, she "knew" them from previous times--biblically. They were reacting as men will after regretting a previous liaison. "Man, I can't believe I was that drunk. Maybe if I ignore her, she'll go away." And an older man at the end of the line of six at the bar figured he would get in on the act. He was not fat. He was dressed nicely. His hair, which he had all of, was pure white. So he went over to her as she stood at the register, came up behind her cupped both of her butt cheeks and started rubbing. Well, she didn't even turn to look at him. She just wiggled around a long time and smiled as a woman will do when she is enjoying something--I would guess four minutes. Didn't time it. Seemed like forever. I just waited for the explosion. it was my belief that she thought it was one of the college boys.
When she finally did turn around, her smile turned to a frown and then she started crying. She told him,"Don't ever do that again." So he went back to his food. She must have told the asst manager some part of it, doubtless not all. The asst. manager who had been in the back room the whole time, made the guy pay the bill, which the guy had not recieved. Then the asst made the guy tip the waitress 25%. Then the asst made the guy leave his food, assaulting the guy and physically wrestling the guy out of the place and told him to never come back. I often wonder if that asst manager, fat and ugly, was hooking up with this waitress. I would not want children seeing this drama played out in the middle of a Hooters. This is not a place for children.

7Suze7 says:

Kids don't need to be learning double entandres lots of time for that

alonesomedisturbedchild says:

life, and the media, are stupid, i am a kid, i am 10 years old, i wish life was i i i am a kid, based on kid's beliefs, and hooters, message sent to kids s not one of them, i wish life was not about any of this, it is uncorfortable to talk to adults about it, and uncomforable knowing adults are talking about it behind your back, because trust me, i easedrop. They think it's hard for parents, im speaking for all kids, it's horrible, i've seen and heard too much, and life is at rock bottom, so boo you hooters! Keep in mind the media is a big part of it

Sylvestermouse says:

I think there are plenty of restaurants available and appropriate for families. Hooters is not one of them.

ChrisDay says:

I don't know - never having been but what you say makes perfect sense - for goodness sake, let kids be kids for a while!

Will737 says:

I have actually seen Lesbian Hooters waitresses physically sexually
harass the straight Hooters waitresses (in the restaurant and in their
uniforms while working.) And then the two harassing waitresses
intimidated the one harassed. I hardly think that this is behavior
that I would want children to see.

Moreover, the only two women I have ever known to be whores, yes,
actual prostitutes, were Hooters waitresses (in costume and working
while making this known to me). No, neither incident was a joke. And
no, I did not purchase their services. I hardly think that I would
want children overhearing this.

The reality is probably worse. There is a case where an Asst. Manager Jarman Gray was fired over him disageeing with the disgusting expressed approval of a Corporate Trainer for the waitresses selling themselves if they needed extra money. See a copy of the original petition in the lawsuit at http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/sex-menu-hooters .

Sheffs33 says:

Margo, I agree one hundred percent with what you are saying. There are so many other jobs that would actually benefit a resume after college. Working there is a choice women make, and if they enjoy being objectified instead of seen as a person that is their choice. This country will destroy its young women if better role models don't start appearing.

Laura says:

I agree, but I think you can place blame on the women who choose to work there. I know of plenty of jobs that are very good money and that actually look good on a resume after college. By choosing to work there they are perpetuating the very stereotype that society has put on attractive women: they are mindless and should serve food half naked.

No way, Monkeybrain!

Canklefish says:

There is nothing wrong with taking the kids to the local Hooters, other than the fact that the food actually sucks.

People get a little too uptight when it comes to protecting their kids from what they perceive as outwardly sexy and suggestive. Frickin' lighten up, already. If you don't wanna take your kids, then don't, but don't propose to tell an establishment whether or not you THINK they fit into the family dining sector.

Kay says:

I am a student in college studying engineering and I would love to be a Hooters girl! Why work at a boring restaurant where you would get the same base rate of pay, not including tips. The outfits that are worno are equivalent to 75% of teenage girls and early 20s wardrobes in the summer anyways, so its not as if the girls are showing any more skin than you see in the mall in 100 degree weather. Some girls work hard at their jobs, in school, and at the gym. Taking your kids there is up to you, but you see clothes like that when you aren't even in Hooters.

anonymus says:

hooters is awesome im 11

doodlebop says:

No, bad parenting is keeping your children hidden from things in life rather than clearly teaching them what you see as the rights and wrongs about it.

Margo_Arrowsmith says:

To Lauren, who asked if I took kids to the beach?

When we take our families to the beach, everyone is in bathing suits. There isn't a large crowd that goes dressed to watch people in skimpy clothing. That makes a huge difference.

So go and have fun, just don't think you are doing anything good for your sons or daughters.

lauren says:

I am a waitress at hooters and like someone else said most of us are highly educated women with families of our own, hooters is a place where we like to have fun and show our guest good hospitality, i think some people just look to much into it saying its about sex, cause your totally wrong. Let me ask you this, do you take your kids to the beach? cause there bound to see alot more there than you ever will at hooters!

TBA says:

Many Hooter girls are highly educated. Many have children and families of their own. Hooters Doesn't advertise its self as a family restaurant. It is advertised as a neighborhood restaurant. Hooters is a place to have fun and enjoy the night. Why is taking your family to a RESTAURANT bad parenting?

Kody says:

wow so dresssing in tight clothing makes you a bimbo? how many of you hoebags wearing a one or even heaven forbid a two piece bathing suit! when my grandma wore a one piece she was probably called skanky and my mom wore a two piece it was the devils work. people times are changing either dont leave your house or adjust and grow up.

HoustonMommy says:

I am a mother of 2, a 4 year old boy and 5 year old girl. We take our kids to eat at Hooters because we all love the food. Its all in the way you teach your children. The first time our kids went there (Grandparents went too) My daughter said " Mommy, those girls should really wear more clothes so they can be more lady like". Just because you eat there with your family doesn't mean you aren't teaching your children values. My daughter didn't just pull that statement out of thin air! Do you really think you are being a good role model when your judging people you don't know because they believe different than you? My son will also grow up knowing that women are not sexual objects, that women are to be respected and loved. Just one involved mom's opinion.

big_boi says:

Hooters is a hot and cool restaurant. I love the horney boobs!! Hot HOT HOT!!!

mattseefood says:

I think it can still be a family restaurant. Really depends where you put it and how you see it, perspective. For me, the bimbo girls only get 'malicious and sexual' if you refer them as such. It's society's way of pushing back other people and deciding to define them as 'bad influences' for children, and stuff like that.

Cinnamonbite says:

Are you kidding? My son LOVED celebrating his birthday at Hooters when he was little! He'd have all the attention of the girls, they put him on the table to dance as they sang to him, and they all told him how cute he was! I don't see the problem. Are we concerned that girls have boobs and butts? My boy knew this long before he ever went to Hooters. And it's a shirt and shorts uniform, it's not a strip joint. The child sees more skin in his high school and at the beach. Hooters is no big deal. As for teaching him that these girls are bimbos, um...they pretty much do that all by themselves. Most of these girls are dumb as rocks and this is the very best they can do. Good for them that they found work. It's also a good thing to show him that these girls flirt with everyone, it's their job to make the men feel special so that they tip more. Don't be thinking they mean it. Don't confuse flirting with the real thing.
Service is amazingly bad at Hooters but the wings are so very good...when the waitress gets the order right. Wing House tries, but their wings just aren't quite as good.

kelly says:

yes i think it is sooooooo stupid that parents would dare to bring kids there, in fact is should be a rule, there idea with the girls is too stupid, and the media is a big part of it

billybraveheart says:

Each to their own I guess, we all have the option to go in or stay away

ElizabethJeanAllen says:

I don't care for Hooters. I don't really pay attention to what the waitresses wear so that's not an issue for me. I don't like the overall atmosphere...and the food's not that good. When I go out to eat, I want good service and good food.

MarkUpshaw says:

There's nothing wrong with eating at Hooters with your children with the exceptions of the lousy service, high prices and only OK food quality. The sexual aspect of it is really non existent - ugly orange shorts and tight t-shirts - so what. The waitresses are college girls working for tips in the food service industry. It's just that the Hooter's Brand is great for marketing, like this lens helps marketing for Hooters.

reasonablerobinson says:

Sure Hooters is not targetted at families, and you're not stupid if you do take your 5 year old kids there because they'll probably wonder what the big deal is and want to go somewhere else anyway. You're just not making a family friendly choice.

Grumpy-Fett says:

First: The women that work there are not "bimbos", which is an incredibly ignorant statement. That's like saying that anyone working at Wal Mart is white trash or everyone working at a Mexican restaurant is a wetback. Second: Taking a girl to a business of any kind is not an endorsement of their employees as role models. I suppose you take your little girl to Denny's and say "Now that waitress is a role model. Grow up to be just like her!" You cannot just single out that which you don't like or feel insecure about and say that it represents "role models" or that it's the responsibility of everyone to even be a role model because they are in contact with the public. Third: Seeing women that are attractive and wearing shorts and t-shirts does not tell young boys that women are only about physical characteristics. Heterosexual males like attractive women and that will never change. It's how our species multiplies. Boys will notice girls no matter what and Hooters will never have anything to do with the shaping of sexual perspectives. Hormones take care of that on their own. Other businesses will surely hire attractive women and I doubt that the cute girl at the movie theater or the gorgeous hostess at Old Chicago will set boys on a sexually disturbed path. Fourth: There is a stronger case to be made that bad parenting is in sexual repression and the stereotyping of women with attractive features as being something bad. Fifth: Most women who dislike Hooters seem to do so because they are jealous of women who are more attractive than they are. Sixth: Hooters has great wings.

blue22d says:

Never been to a Hooters but what I could see of the waitress in the one video, she looked as if she had more clothes than a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. I have no problem with it.

kohuether says:

I disagree. It has to do with the parenting itself, not the establishment. On the contrary children learn a lot by watching how you handle situations. If you freak out while there, it sends a negative message. Are boobs forbidden? If I grow up to have a big chest do I need to hide it? Granted, if you plan to go there and hit on the waitresses or demean them in any way, this also sends a terrible message. But if you go and treat the people there with respect, as if having a place that celebrates a nice sized chest is perfectly normal, it can help shape a good body image and positive respect of females in your kids.

Sorry if this went through twice - I couldn't tell if my first comment actually went through. If they both went through, feel free to delete the first one!

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One link is Hooters telling us why the name isn't about a slang word for breasts. They have an owl for a logo after all. Do they think we are stupid?

But they have a kids menu, because parents take kids. Its the parents, I tell you.

Hooters Is Not a Family Restaurant

Yet They Advertise As One and Parents Actually Take Kids There!

Contents at a Glance

Contents at a Glance

Stop Dressing Your Six Year Old Like a Skank!

Taking Kids to Hooters Is Bad Parenting!

Hooters is not a family Restaurant and Taking Kids There Is Stupid

Yes, you're right!

Tolovaj says:

darlene says:

sousababy says:

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CruiseReady says:

EX-HOOTERS EMPLOYEE says:

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Athf says:

yulie122 says:

Will737 says:

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alonesomedisturbedchild says:

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ChrisDay says:

Will737 says:

Sheffs33 says:

Laura says:

No way, Monkeybrain!

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Kay says:

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lauren says:

TBA says:

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