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FUCK OFF. Bloody gormless idiotic handmaiden š
https://unherd.com/2025/02/the-age-of-the-prude-is-over/
Iām referring, of course, to Hooters, which is back in the news and, if not better, then certainly more British than ever. The raunchy restaurant chain has been in protracted decline in the US since 2018. Itās been plagued by labour lawsuits, discrimination complaints, and a general sense that its baldly woman-objectifying business model had no place in a post-MeToo world. But that was then. Now itās a new year, with a new vibe, one powerful enough to reach all the way across the Atlantic ā to Newcastle, where Hooters recently announced that it would open its third UK location. The new restaurant, with a capacity of 200, is set to employ at least 50 āHooters Girlsā, with some reportedly as young as 17. The reaction to this news has been predictable, insofar as all the usual suspects are raising the usual objections to a restaurant where every dish comes with a side of female objectification. Hooters holds its all-female waitstaff to strict appearance standards, and while the infamous ānose testā (in which aspiring employees are told to stand against a wall to ensure that their breasts protrude further forward than their nose) isnāt a real thing, everything else ā from hairstyle and makeup to manicure colours and bodyweight ā is tightly regulated. A report on the Newcastle opening features the expected complaints from feminist academics and non-profiters against what one charity director called āa chain that treats women as objects to be served up alongside chicken wings and friesā. And yet, the grumbling feels a bit obligatory, a little phoned-in, a bit stemming from a sense of duty rather than one of genuine outrage. One wonders if this battle over the breastaurant represents a final, futile skirmish in a fruitless war against human nature, one that even feminists understand they were always going to lose.
https://unherd.com/2025/02/the-age-of-the-prude-is-over/
Iām referring, of course, to Hooters, which is back in the news and, if not better, then certainly more British than ever. The raunchy restaurant chain has been in protracted decline in the US since 2018. Itās been plagued by labour lawsuits, discrimination complaints, and a general sense that its baldly woman-objectifying business model had no place in a post-MeToo world. But that was then. Now itās a new year, with a new vibe, one powerful enough to reach all the way across the Atlantic ā to Newcastle, where Hooters recently announced that it would open its third UK location. The new restaurant, with a capacity of 200, is set to employ at least 50 āHooters Girlsā, with some reportedly as young as 17. The reaction to this news has been predictable, insofar as all the usual suspects are raising the usual objections to a restaurant where every dish comes with a side of female objectification. Hooters holds its all-female waitstaff to strict appearance standards, and while the infamous ānose testā (in which aspiring employees are told to stand against a wall to ensure that their breasts protrude further forward than their nose) isnāt a real thing, everything else ā from hairstyle and makeup to manicure colours and bodyweight ā is tightly regulated. A report on the Newcastle opening features the expected complaints from feminist academics and non-profiters against what one charity director called āa chain that treats women as objects to be served up alongside chicken wings and friesā. And yet, the grumbling feels a bit obligatory, a little phoned-in, a bit stemming from a sense of duty rather than one of genuine outrage. One wonders if this battle over the breastaurant represents a final, futile skirmish in a fruitless war against human nature, one that even feminists understand they were always going to lose.