A lot of those girls like the dress code. At least it's been my impression that girls that like to show off their bodies specifically seek out those jobs.

Girls that don't like attention become other things, even when they're super broke.

Well, how horrible must it be to be a waitress at Hooters, or Twin Peaks? I mean, their uniforms are designed to leave no mistake about their apparent gender!

Oh, wait - those girls are generally revered by at least the bikers who lunch there, regulars make sure they aren't ever stranded, do favors for them - and, unlike the Middle East, we consider them lovely, not "meat for the cat".

Whine!

"I didn't serve because I wanted to. I served because I needed to pay my rent."

If I ever see her, I'll be sure to thank this martyr for her heroic 'service'.

If I ever see her, I'll be sure to thank this martyr for her heroic 'service'.

Right -- it's just like being in Afghanistan and coming back with a few less body parts than you went in with.

P.S. Aren't there any real stories that need covering in Canada?

If you have to ask that question, you know the answer already.

"I'm told this is what it's going to take to get a job . . ."

No, that is what you need to do to get THAT job. Don't like it? Get a different job.

"Pretty high fashion just for serving food . . "

No, that is what management and the customers expect for being a "server" at that restaurant. If you want to dress down to serve food - open your own food truck.

Sorry, after that I stopped watching - that "reporter" is a stupid idiot. No, wait, you used the correct words, Amy, she is a "nutbag humanities" professor.

A classmate of mine in college worked at the local pub as a server; she took home several hundred bucks every Friday and then again on Saturday night. I applied there; but, was told they only hired women for that position. If I wanted to I could get a job as a dishwasher in the back. So much for my white male privilege! That classmate earned more in two-nights work that I earn working all week!

These women complaining about the dress code don't even see what they can gain. Maybe Canada is different; but, if this were in the US they could so be milking it for good tips.

You were expecting something newsworthy out of the second largest nation in the world, with a population less that of California?

I applied there; but, was told they only hired women for that position. If I wanted to I could get a job as a dishwasher in the back.
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20 years ago, many of the finer restaurants, at least (i.e. the ones where one gets better tips) only hired men to wait tables.

http://www.newsweek.com/waiting-table-scraps-181678

Things MAY have changed since then...but who knows.

There is a subset of jobs in restaurants, hospitality, stewarding, sales, touring and entertainment that typically go to attractive young women.

Despite what the young lady being interviewed believes, these are nothing like sex work.

They're relatively how skilled jobs that put a premium on looking nice and being feminine. When you introduce the requirement for experience and competency, these jobs not longer go to pretty young women.

For example, at the high end of waitering, the employees are almost all men.

What's interesting is that women prefer attractive young women for such roles as well. So there is something more than 'sexualization' at play. I suspect that is has something to do with the animosity that many people feel towards men in servile roles.

"years ago, many of the finer restaurants, at least (i.e. the ones where one gets better tips) only hired men to wait tables."

Whether they can wait tables or they can't, women are always the victims.

This is feminism in the 21st century.

It varies today Lenona. Some only hire men still. Some only hire women now. Meh. Don't like it open your own restaurant.

For that matter there is a semi-famous rural restaurant in east Texas where you don't even get to pick what you eat. There is this old black lady and she cooks what she feel like. If you don't like it leave. The next person gets what you wouldn't eat. I hear she is a good enough cook to make up for that quirk but I've never had the chance to go.

So the requirement for working at these restaurants is dressing and looking neat and clean! Oh, the humanity. Why must these women suffer so?

"I suspect that is has something to do with the animosity that many people feel towards men in servile roles."

I think that people are just generally a bit nicer and more polite to young women and that helps to keep things pleasant.

For example, my aunt works as an attractions manager in Florida. She trains and manages the park staff for several sites in Orlando.

She's told me that they tend to hire girls because people treat them better. That results in less stress for everyone.

"... they tend to hire girls because people treat them better."

Darn that benevolent sexism! How do you ladies put up with all the oppression?

I rather enjoy it.

These young ladies should be careful what they wish for. There are all sorts of jobs that are practically reserved for attractive young women, and they're a lot more enjoyable and remunerative than what's typically available to you men with similar skills and education.

"Some only hire men still. Some only hire women now."

Either of these practices is illegal in the US.

"She's told me that they tend to hire girls because people treat them better"

Orlando is garbage but this this illegal there too

"Either of these practices is illegal in the US."

Not true. There is a carveout in the law for such positions. Same thing for Hooters. And incidentally acting/porn.

@Ben Nah. The BFOQ argument Hooters used in its defense isn't generally applicable to restaurant employment.

"I didn't serve because I wanted to. I served because I needed to pay my rent."

Left unsaid by her: And it's the company's obligation to hire me on my terms so I can do that.

Uh, hello, reality check. The company needs to pay its rent, too. And it does it by selling food served by nicely-dressed servers.

@Well,

How is this different? You aren't talking about general employment at a restaurant. You are talking about a specific position. The BFOQ argument doesn't apply to cooks or dishwashers. But it applies just as much and as little for Hooters waiters as for any other waiters, assuming management has made that a requirement (they don't have to).

@Ben per their attorneys " the essence of our business is the Hooters Girl and the experience she provides" - this does not apply to most restaurants. Their entire business is built on chicks in short shorts serving shitty food to doods. You don't have to like it but this doesn't mean any old restaurant can decide not to hire servers based upon gender without risking legal consequence.

Sadly these whiey bitches will win.

Dont forget a few years ago Canada's Human Rights Commission ruled in favor of a woman who claimed it was a violation of her rights for a McDonalds restaurant to ask her to wash her hands
AFTER TAKING A SHIT
before she touched any food.

@Well

If they choose to based the restaurant around it then yes they can. If your restaurant is based around men in tuxedos delivering food then that is legal. Denny's has not chosen to base their restaurant around that, so Denny's cannot discriminate in that fashion. They do still get to pick out what clothes you wear.

@Ben

"If they choose to based the restaurant around it then yes they can. "

Yeah, that's pretty much what I wrote above.

"I didn't serve because I wanted to. I served because I needed to pay my rent."

Yep. Unlike the cooks in the back who are probably men, probably working for minimum wage, or close to it, and don't get tips. Those guys work in a hot kitchen all night, get burned by the pans and the ovens and hot oil, never getting compliments but only complaints. When they aren't busy with the food, they are washing dishes, sweeping floors, cleaning out coolers, and toting heavy supplies. They are bussing tables, backing bars, and keeping the waitress station and the dining room presentable so the waitresses can make more money. They are going home at night dog-tired, splattered in sauce and smelling like onions, and then they have to get their uniform in the laundry so it'll be clean for the next shift. The waitresses leave at closing time, but the cooks have to stay longer to clean up the kitchen, do food prep for the next shift, count the cash and do the books. And yes, when it's after closing time and the parking lot is empty and dark, they escort the waitresses to their cars. Just in case. These men are doing all this just for fun. Yeah right.

(Yes, I'm aware that there are restaurants where the waitresses are required to share a percentage of their tips with the kitchen staff. But it's far from universal. In the restaurants I've worked in, the waitresses kept all of their tips.)

And I will add that these days, the only restaurants I know who exclusively hire male waiters are those who cater specifically to gay male customers. Most others will only hire a man for wait staff if no woman applies for the job. And it's been pretty well demonstrated that, in general, male waiters don't make as much in tips as females do.