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It targets male customers with a mostly female staff, and sports shown on big-screen TVs. Its menu includes burgers, other sandwiches, and seafood. It specializes in buffalo wings.
A Hooters Girl is a female employed by the Hooters restaurant chain. Hooters Girls are usually chosen for their brassiere size. They are typically clad in tight fitting white shirts and very short track shorts. The shorts are often orange in color.
The uniform includes the logo, which consists of the word "Hooters" with a cartoon owl positioned so that the pupils of the owl's eyes are framed by the two O's. Many see this as representing a woman's breasts.
The chain is controversial on two counts.
First, the uniform is considered to be unabashed objectification of women. The general environment of the restaurant is seen by many as sexist and demeaning of women.
Second, the restaurant hires only women as servers, and refers to them as "Hooters Girls." Several discrimination lawsuits have brought against the chain but have been settled out of court or dropped by the EEOC.
The restaurant's corporate web site "acknowledges that many consider 'Hooters' a slang term for a portion of the female anatomy." But it adds, "Hooters Girls have the same right to use their natural female sex appeal to earn a living as do super models Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell."
The chain sees itself this way: "Hooters characterizes itself as a neighborhood place, not a family restaurant. Seventy-percent of all customers are male, most between the ages of 25-54. Hooters does not market itself to families."
In 2003, Hooters launched an airline, Hooters AirHooters Air is a small airline that operates (as of 14 August 2004) between Newark, NJ, Baltimore/Washington, MD, Atlanta, GA, Columbus OH, Gary IN/Chicago and its hub, Myrtle Beach, SC in the United States of America. See also Hooters External links Airl, headquartered in Myrtle Beach, South CarolinaMyrtle Beach is a city located in Horry County, South Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 22,759. Geography Myrtle Beach is located at 33°42'15" North, 78°52'32" West (33. 704238, -78. It is situated mainly between the Atla. "Hooters Girls" serve as stewardesses.
See also: RaisinsRaisins also refers to dried grapes; see raisin. Raisins is the name of the 14th episode of the seventh season of South Park which aired on December 10, 2003. The episode title refers to an establishment that is a parody of Hooters, where the hostesses ar (South Park Hooters parody episode)