Martin Luther King Jr. never saw "Ladies Night"
Think About It
"Think About It. In Canada for every dollar a man makes a woman makes 30 cents less. This Video was made to show the injustice and inequality in our society where there should be equal pay for equal work regardless of gender. Compiled by a team of three 15 year old Ontario High School Students."
I put this video up because today's blog, I would like to talk to you guys about inequality of another kind. This type of inequality is hardly discussed, in fact it is hardly even recognized due to its blending into social norms. As much as there's inequality within the workplace for women, there's also inequality within the hospitality industry for men.
A ladies' night (sometimes ladies night) is a promotional event, often at a bar or nightclub, where female patrons are waived the cover charge or receive reduced price or free drinks. Ladies' nights at bars and clubs often aim to increase the proportion of females attending an event, increasing the opportunities for males to socialize with the opposite sex.
Why am I bringing this up? Well, myself and my friend Linda went to Hess Village to talk to a DJ at a club about collaboration with our Fix Our World event. Linda got in for free. I had to pay a $10 cover charge. And we really didn't stay that long. It was just a walk in-walk out situation. Then I said to myself, "I don't get it." Guys pay $XX a drink, women pay less than $XX.Guys pay $XX at the door, women get in free. How is this not discrimination? If it were the other way around, it would be discrimination. If women had to pay $XX at the door and guys got in free, then it would be ruled discrimination. But's since it's happening to men, then it's not discrimination? That simply make no sense. Martin Luther King Jr. must've been turning in his grave.
Businesses think that by attracting ladies to the club, you're attracting males to the club by bring the 'sex' back into nightclubs. The fact that certain men may be benefited from "Ladies night" is irrelevant to the questions of legality and fairness. One female in a forum says about ladies night, "We know that gaining "better" treatment in the clubs means we continue to be objectified and treated as passive receptors of men's sexuality. And really, who wants that?? Is that what the "gentlemen" find attractive? I think not. I hope not." Personally, as a male I hardly go to nightclubs anymore just to woo the opposite sex. Females are just there to number one, get drunk, and number two, have fun. Do you really think any decent guy would come out of a nightclub with a marriage proposal from a less inhibited lady. I simply doubt it. A simple conversation is more than enough to make my night.
Thing is, I'm not alone. In the US, a case arose when a man named David Gillespie went to the Coastline, a restaurant and bar in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. There, he was charged five dollars for admission and full-price for drinks. He asked to be charged the reduced price, per the bar's "Ladies' Night" policy, but was refused. Gillespie sued based on New Jersey's LAD -- a broad-ranging statute banning, among other things, discrimination by places of public accommodation on the basis of sex. (The restaurant and bar at issue was plainly a place of public accommodation, as it was open to the public.) Prior cases brought under this statute make clear that outright denial of access or service on the basis of a prohibited characteristic is not the only conduct the statute bans. It also includes discrimination in the furnishing of "accommodations, advantages, facilities or privileges." In short, a proprietor that has opened its doors to the public must not only let in customers in a non-discriminatory fashion, but also, once it has admitted them, must treat them in a non-discriminatory fashion while they are there.
It's like this, I can understand that when it comes to business, nightclubs and other swanky establishments have the right to do whatever it takes to make money. But trying to charging men a higher price and have women get in for free isn't a way to gain customers. Shouldn't all customers have the rights to come in when they want to without any restrictions?
In the end, I got my $10 back because we didn't stay too long. We went the club next door where there was no ladies night policy, got ourselves dinner where we BOTH payed our share of the bill, and left the premises.
EQUALITY ROCKS!
The opinions expressed on this blog are those of the Simonizer, and do not necessarily reflect those of the Fix Our World Foundation.
"Think About It. In Canada for every dollar a man makes a woman makes 30 cents less. This Video was made to show the injustice and inequality in our society where there should be equal pay for equal work regardless of gender. Compiled by a team of three 15 year old Ontario High School Students."
I put this video up because today's blog, I would like to talk to you guys about inequality of another kind. This type of inequality is hardly discussed, in fact it is hardly even recognized due to its blending into social norms. As much as there's inequality within the workplace for women, there's also inequality within the hospitality industry for men.
A ladies' night (sometimes ladies night) is a promotional event, often at a bar or nightclub, where female patrons are waived the cover charge or receive reduced price or free drinks. Ladies' nights at bars and clubs often aim to increase the proportion of females attending an event, increasing the opportunities for males to socialize with the opposite sex.
Why am I bringing this up? Well, myself and my friend Linda went to Hess Village to talk to a DJ at a club about collaboration with our Fix Our World event. Linda got in for free. I had to pay a $10 cover charge. And we really didn't stay that long. It was just a walk in-walk out situation. Then I said to myself, "I don't get it." Guys pay $XX a drink, women pay less than $XX.Guys pay $XX at the door, women get in free. How is this not discrimination? If it were the other way around, it would be discrimination. If women had to pay $XX at the door and guys got in free, then it would be ruled discrimination. But's since it's happening to men, then it's not discrimination? That simply make no sense. Martin Luther King Jr. must've been turning in his grave.
Businesses think that by attracting ladies to the club, you're attracting males to the club by bring the 'sex' back into nightclubs. The fact that certain men may be benefited from "Ladies night" is irrelevant to the questions of legality and fairness. One female in a forum says about ladies night, "We know that gaining "better" treatment in the clubs means we continue to be objectified and treated as passive receptors of men's sexuality. And really, who wants that?? Is that what the "gentlemen" find attractive? I think not. I hope not." Personally, as a male I hardly go to nightclubs anymore just to woo the opposite sex. Females are just there to number one, get drunk, and number two, have fun. Do you really think any decent guy would come out of a nightclub with a marriage proposal from a less inhibited lady. I simply doubt it. A simple conversation is more than enough to make my night.
Thing is, I'm not alone. In the US, a case arose when a man named David Gillespie went to the Coastline, a restaurant and bar in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. There, he was charged five dollars for admission and full-price for drinks. He asked to be charged the reduced price, per the bar's "Ladies' Night" policy, but was refused. Gillespie sued based on New Jersey's LAD -- a broad-ranging statute banning, among other things, discrimination by places of public accommodation on the basis of sex. (The restaurant and bar at issue was plainly a place of public accommodation, as it was open to the public.) Prior cases brought under this statute make clear that outright denial of access or service on the basis of a prohibited characteristic is not the only conduct the statute bans. It also includes discrimination in the furnishing of "accommodations, advantages, facilities or privileges." In short, a proprietor that has opened its doors to the public must not only let in customers in a non-discriminatory fashion, but also, once it has admitted them, must treat them in a non-discriminatory fashion while they are there.
It's like this, I can understand that when it comes to business, nightclubs and other swanky establishments have the right to do whatever it takes to make money. But trying to charging men a higher price and have women get in for free isn't a way to gain customers. Shouldn't all customers have the rights to come in when they want to without any restrictions?
In the end, I got my $10 back because we didn't stay too long. We went the club next door where there was no ladies night policy, got ourselves dinner where we BOTH payed our share of the bill, and left the premises.
EQUALITY ROCKS!
The opinions expressed on this blog are those of the Simonizer, and do not necessarily reflect those of the Fix Our World Foundation.
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