Fifth grader told to remove Hooters mask in school

[columbus]

I'm not sure why some are being so harsh on this kid and his family because they like Hooters and the kid wore it on his mask. We're not allowed to like things anymore? None of your clothing has branding on it?

I don't think saying "get a different mask" is harsh.
Tom

 

[SomeRandom]

Lol bewbs

 

[Windwalker]

I haven't understood why it is offensive.
I am not an American..so I do not understand...

It's about the objectification of women as sex objects.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

I don't think saying "get a different mask" is harsh.
Tom

It is when there's really no reason to.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

It's about the objectification of women as sex objects.

That's not the reason the principal gave.

 

[Father Heathen]

Now you know why I'm so vitriolic against the nanny state.

You toss apples and oranges beneath your "nanny state" umbrella.

 

[columbus]

It is when there's really no reason to.

You mean "There's no reason I care about".
That's not the same thing.
Tom

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

You mean "There's no reason I care about".
That's not the same thing.
Tom

I see no rational reason to.

 

[Windwalker]

That's not the reason the principal gave.

"Earlier this week, the principal told him it was "inappropriate."

"Because it expresses a woman's body," Ian Golba explained."

It is the reason the instructor gave. And it is true. The very name "hooters" is in reference to a woman's breasts. That's why they named the restaurant that, and why the Owl's eyes in the company's logo, are drawn like a woman's nipples. There's no downplaying what that is about. Boobs. That's what they sell. And that is the objectification of a woman's body.

 

[Twilight Hue]

You toss apples and oranges beneath your "nanny state" umbrella.

Its how I regard it.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

"Earlier this week, the principal told him it was "inappropriate."

"Because it expresses a woman's body," Ian Golba explained."

It is the reason the instructor gave. And it is true. The very name "hooters" is in reference to a woman's breasts. That's why they named the restaurant that, and why the Owl's eyes in the company's logo, are drawn like a woman's nipples. There's no downplaying what that is about. Boobs. And that is the objectification of a woman's body.

You're making it about some sexism thing when he only mentioned nudity.

 

[Father Heathen]

Someone should make a restaurant called "Peter's", where the food is served by guys in speedos.

 

[columbus]

I see no rational reason to.

Likely because you aren't tasked with keeping a modern elementary school focused on education.

I do not envy the jobs modern teachers and school administrators are doing.
Tom

 

[Windwalker]

You're making it about some sexism thing when he only mentioned nudity.

Who mentioned nudity? I do not think this has anything to do with that. Do you think naming a restaurant, "Pussies", and then having a cartoon representation of a woman's vagina on it, and wait staff wearing super tight shorts which exaggerate camel toes, is not doing exactly the same thing as Hooters is, in its exploitation of women's breasts as sex objects?

 

[PureX]

I believe Satan lives on Madison Ave.*

What other industry is built upon lying for money?
Tom

*Madison Avenue is a street in New York. It used to be dominated by advertising agencies, and became short hand for unscrupulous advertising.

The damage it has done to our culture is horrific. All that incessant lying has turned our heads into mush, and allowed the media and the politicians to suck out our brains. (And our souls!)

 

[Stevicus]

Someone should make a restaurant called "Peter's", where the food is served by guys in speedos.

Well, there's "Dick's Sporting Goods."

 

[Windwalker]

Someone should make a restaurant called "Peter's", where the food is served by guys in speedos.

Big Dicks, might be a better name.

 

[Watchmen]

Okay..but could you please explain it to me?
Please

Hooters is a restaurant chain in America, similar to Chili’s or Applebee’s. The difference is Hooters’ servers wear tight shirts and short shorts. Hooters is slang for boobs. So there’s a sexualized component to it that a portion of Americans find offensive.

 

[Revoltingest]

5th grader told to remove Hooters face mask in class





Is a Hooters mask offensive? I recall there was a big hullaballoo when the restaurant chain first opened, but it seems to have died down in recent years. Either it gained more acceptance, or most people felt it wasn't really worth fighting about. I haven't seen much picketing or protesting over it in recent years, and it appears to remain in business even as other restaurants are going belly up.

I see a potential problem with students providing the advertising venue.
But I'm OK with kids doing that.
Hooters is a restaurant chain.
If a Ronald Mcdonald mask is OK then Hooters is too.

 

[columbus]

Big Dicks, might be a better name.

I've been there.
I forget where, probably Chicago.

It had a niche market. It was a long time ago. They weren't famous for the fish.
Tom

ETA ~I think it was New Orleans~