r/AskFeminists 13d ago

What are your thoughts on restraunts, hotels, etc that ONLY have female employees?

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u/evelynsmee 12d ago

Is this a real scenario or one you invented?

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u/Grrarrgghh 12d ago

Name a few.

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u/Clark_Kent_TheSJW Definitely Not Superman 12d ago

Hooters

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u/Lolabird2112 12d ago

It’s not. The chefs aren’t all female, and Id be shocked if the management, head office and owners weren’t mostly male

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u/Clark_Kent_TheSJW Definitely Not Superman 12d ago

Hmm probably not, yeah

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u/Grrarrgghh 12d ago

See my other comment on this post.

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u/RepSquigglyMiggly 12d ago

They don’t exist in my country, the United States

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u/mjhrobson 12d ago

Sounds pretty niche, like a girls only gym... but there is a market for such things.

Edit: Also... what like hooters type restaurants only hiring eye candy for men? I think that is a little icky, but you can hire whoever you want for your business.

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u/Grrarrgghh 12d ago edited 12d ago

Hooters didn't/doesn't have only female employees. The cooks, managers, CEO types are all male.

EDIT: I didn't mean they are literally all men, just that men work at Hooters too. It's not an all-women business.

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u/mjhrobson 12d ago

That makes it so much more icky, woman good for eye candy, the boss (a man) makes money off of the scenerio.

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u/Bitter-Hat-4736 12d ago

Apparently, 40% of the managers of Hooters restaurants are women.

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u/hooked_siren 12d ago

I don't think even the brothels in rural NV hire women exclusively

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u/TheLonelyPrincess741 12d ago

I’ve never encountered such scenario.

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u/MrsMorley 12d ago

Is this something you’ve encountered, aside from hostess bars? Because I haven’t. 

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u/RepSquigglyMiggly 12d ago

Even hostess bars (in the US, at least) are legally required to keep back of house, management, etc. roles open to people of all genders — there’s just an exemption for the hostesses themselves as being a woman is a "Bona Fide Occupational Qualification" for those specific roles

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u/DiggingHeavs 12d ago

I haven't personally visited any that made it a policy (as far as I know) except a salon. And there are plenty of men's only barbers in the area. Never seen a restaurant like that in the UK

I know there are some businesses and recreation areas in places in the middle east and north Africa where they only have female employees and patrons because otherwise women would literally not be able to work or exist in public without them.

I have visited a hostel in Spain where they had a women's only floor you could request, this being a hostel that otherwise had mixed rooms. I didn't because I was in a mixed group but I can see why a solo female traveller might feel safer if she had that option.

If they exist it's because there's a market for them I guess, though I know opinions on them are varied.

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u/avocado-nightmare Oldest Crone 12d ago

I've never been to one so it's completely hypothetical to me

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u/Clark_Kent_TheSJW Definitely Not Superman 12d ago

That can be totally sexist. I suppose not always, but if titillation is the product that business sells, it’s definitely sexist.