Parents angry after finding out a Cub Scouts function was sponsored by Hooters

[davidn3600]

DENVER - Parents in Denver are complaining after finding out their children attended a Cub Scout camp that was sponsored by Hooters.

KMGH-TV reports Michelle Kettleborough picked up her 7-year-old son from the Frontier District Day Camp and found him surrounded by people wearing Hooters visors.

But parents say it isn't the attire that irritates them - the women were wearing shorts and fitted T-shirts - but that Hooters doesn't fit the philosophy of the Scouts.

The Boy Scouts of America Denver Area Council says the restaurant chain, known for its scantily clad waitresses and sports-bar atmosphere, approached the organization about working with the scouts.

Hooters Colorado had posted photos of boys holding their craft projects and posing with employees but has since removed the images.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hooters-sponsorship-of-cub-scouts-camp-irks-parents/

Oh the horror!!!!! I'm sure these kids were just traumatized seeing a few women with shorts and a fitted t-shirt!

[Gabi Hayes]

1. too bad they didn't get some priests to sponsor it

and how much do you think the cub scouts LOVED those hooter girls?

I'd surely thought I'd died and gone to heaven if our pack had sponsors like those.

would have loved to seen the look on my den mother-mom's face had that happened.

My dad would've dug it, too. he kept playboys hidden under his stuff in one of his drawers

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[Just reading posts]

2. Those young boys were probably having the time of their life.

The parents need to chill.

[Brickbat]

3. This would have pissed me off.

[Gabi Hayes]

5. which part? the hooters being allowed, or the part where the parents were pissed? if the latter,

see post four here

[davidn3600]

6. You serious?

A business is trying to donate and help their local community. The women there were wearing tshirts and shorts. Kids see more skin at the beach or the pool.

What's the problem?

[Warren DeMontague]

19. because people love a good outrage?

[Different Drummer]

23. ^^^This.^^^ n/t

[snooper2]

56. always better to be pissed off than pissed on!

[Gabi Hayes]

4. hey! parents! how do stories like this fit your pristine BSA image?

http://www.latimes.com/la-me-boy-scouts-perversion-files-full-coverage-storygallery.html

three headlines out of the nineteen listed:

Boy Scouts' opposition to background checks let pedophiles in

Boy Scout files reveal repeat child abuse by sexual predators

Boy Scouts to review half-century of files on sexual predators

[Iggo]

7. Wouldn't bother me.

And I think I'll just leave it at that.

[Egnever]

8. Parents need to get over themselves

Good for hooter for trying to support the community.

I will likely never darken their door regardless but there is nothing wrong with them sponsoring a summer camp.

[zenabby]

9. It bothers me..

There is something wrong with an organization whose mission is to make money off women's boobs and objectification is sponsoring events for cub scouts where very young impressionable boys are there. I might be ok if there were no logos or advertising by Hooters, but clearly the goal is to spread their name among young boys to get brand recognition.

[smirkymonkey]

20. Yeah, point of market entry. Get them on board while they are young!

I have a problem with this too. I am sure they aren't sponsoring the Boy Scouts out of some greater humanitarian impulse.

[Iris]

26. Not to mention we're watching messages kids get when they are young played out on college campuses

in a disturbing way.

[Demonaut]

55. Companies,football teams etc use sex to sell all the time,I would love to have been in scout in that

environment

[dilby]

10. It's a restaurant not a Strip Club or Porn Store.

My son is a Boy Scout and I would have no problem with him getting to do crafts with fully clothed women who are taking time out of their day for his benefit.

[JanMichael]

11. I hate Hooters (the restaurant) but this is awesome!

Colorado is now possible the coolest place on the planet!

They manage to piss off every type of conservative in the book. Not even having to try anymore either. It is organic.

[Iggo]

50. Every type.

[Warren DeMontague]

76. Legal Weed, too. OH NOEZ!!!!!!!!!!

[Warren DeMontague]

12. Yes, like the boy scouts, the cub scouts do a lot of god-bothering and was until recently homophobic

Hooters can do better.

[rickford66]

13. Wow. To be a scout again.

[OldHippieChick]

14. As a parent of a boy who was a scout

I can definitely say I would be screaming bloody murder. An organization that exploits women would make me angry at the very least. This is not what scouting is supposed to be about. And yes, I also balked and complained about the NRA involvement. I was a den mother for many years and did my best to change the organization for its homophobia and xenophobia.

[Laffy Kat]

32. I'm feeling the same way.

I have two boys and I detest the message Hooters advertises. Of course, we'll be called angry feminists who need to chill, yada, yada.

[loyalsister]

65. THIS!

I'm glad at least a few people get why these parents are angry. I say good for them for recognizing the value in teaching young boys that exploiting women is unacceptable.

[Warren DeMontague]

15. If there's one thing that isn't designed for children, it's breasts!

Oh, wait.

[tallahasseedem]

38. ROFL!

[alarimer]

16. Objectification of women is not something to be teaching boys or anyone.

Fuck Hooters, that misogynistic piece of trash "restaurant."

For those who defend this shit, do you not see how fucking pervasive sexism is? This is part and parcel of what women deal with on a daily fucking basis, reduced to their body parts to sell burgers or floor wax or whatever.

And, yes, I know people work there voluntarily. People do all kinds of shitty things to make a living. It doesn't make it any less harmful to society.

[DawgHouse]

17. I agree with you!

[Warren DeMontague]

18. Personally, I'd much rather have my kids around hooters employees than Priests.

The Boy Scouts have been teaching homophobia for decades - that's the "philosophy of the scouts" that is jeopardized by hooters- but people want to have a fit over skimpy shirts?

Sorry, not feeling the outrage. I don't believe in shaming people for their bodies, nor do I really believe sexuality is high up on the list of things "harmful to society".

[LanternWaste]

49. Must be odd to believe your children's only options are waitresses and priests.

Must be odd to believe your children's only options are waitresses and priests.

[Warren DeMontague]

70. The people in the photos look like they're smiling and having a good time.

Must be odd to be so bothered by something like that.

[smirkymonkey]

21. Thank YOU!

It's amazing how many so called liberal men seem to think it's about nothing more than sex or boobs. They fail to see the objectification and the harm it does to women.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

41. Sounds to me you're the one reducing these young women to "boobs"

Here they are doing something good, and you could give fuck all except what they do for a living.

[smirkymonkey]

66. Don't presume to know what I give a fuck about. And don't be so obtuse about what this really is.

Chances are they are there because their company wants to promote their brand to young boys early. Why do they not volunteer for Girl Scouts or other groups in need? I will think you will find that the motivation behind the brand "doing a good thing" is not quite so based in altruism.

Judging what they do for a living has nothing to do w/ prudery as you and so many other's who pride yourselves on your "broad minded" attitudes about sex think. I don't blame the women themselves. I blame a culture steeped in misogyny that promotes this type of business and sees women as nothing more than T&A. It completely devalues their humanity.

[alarimer]

57. They don't have to deal with the logical outcome of this objectification

Sexual harassment and abuse. Well, of course, those things are not exclusive to women, but the majority of people who experience those things are women. Any woman of almost any age has stories of unwelcome attention.

I get tired of the sneering "well, I'm sure those boys had a good time." Yeah, because it's never too early to start training in objectification. I get so pissed at men's (not all men, but most) sense of entitlement with regard to women's bodies. It's as if they only exist for their viewing pleasure. Which is amazing considering they would hate it if it happened to someone they loved. Why not teach your kids about treating everyone as a human being, not just a sum of their parts? When do we as a society start doing that, instead of giggling about boys and boobs?

I know that the parents objected because Hooters is "unwholesome" and not because they are great feminists. And I get that our society is all sort of messed up when it comes to sex and the human body.

[smirkymonkey]

67. I think that is the difference and why a lot of people here seem to be on polar

opposites of this issue. Some see the backlash as nothing but sexual prudery and they are speaking up for this in response to the religious right/sexually oppressed in this culture.

Others of us, like you and I see the harm this kind of objectification does to women and it's pervasiveness in society. It teaches men that women are nothing more than sexual objects and teaches them to discount or dismiss our humanity. This in turn I believe contributes to the fact of why it is so easy in this culture to get away with rape and violence toward women. We don't exist in our own right, we simply exist to please them and if we don't, we'll it's not like we are really human beings anyway so it's perfectly acceptable to many men to rape, abuse and discriminate against us.

There are so many here, mostly men I'm am afraid, who will never get what this does to women. They don't care and they don't want to understand. As long as they are getting off, they could give a shit about the larger picture. Of course these are usually the biggest cheerleaders when it comes to the rights of other oppressed groups, but somehow, women just don't seem to be quite as important to them when it comes to social justice.

[ronnie624]

61. There seems to be a rough correlation

between those who are blind to the objectification of women in our culture and those who do prison rape jokes.

[Iris]

29. Thanks for stating the obvious.

I'm stunned that this thread only has a few people who are willing to point out that there are problems with this sort of thing.

[closeupready]

54. The Kardashians have made a serious fortune peddling the same thing.

And it's one of the reasons I loathe almost their entire clan.

[giftedgirl77]

31. Lol, my daughter works at Hooter's & it's my niece's

favorite place for wings but thank you for not stinking it up with your self righteous indignation.😜

[davidn3600]

39. That's ridiculous

No one forces women to work there. They don't look oppressed or sad. In fact, the people working at Hooters look a heck of a lot happier than the people who work at McDonalds or Walmart.

[closeupready]

52. Thank you. Poll dancing is a job, not a career option, and girls shouldn't

be encouraged to think - even subtly - that they are nothing more than sex toys/baby farms. Thanks again for putting that so well.

[yardwork]

59. Nobody pole dances at Hooters.

They aren't strip clubs.

[closeupready]

60. Distinction made about two things which are almost identical.

[yardwork]

62. I disagree.

On the spectrum of "businesses that oppress and objectify women," strip clubs with pole dancing are way down toward the end of one side. Hooters is a good ways away, with a number of businesses - including cocktail bars - in between.

[closeupready]

63. We don't have to agree, friend, and we surely do not.

I would not want my children feeling encouraged to make money through prostitution, even when they become adults.

[Orrex]

68. That's for damn sure.

I once tried to pole dance while waiting for my wings and they threw me right out of there, those prudes.

[yardwork]

69. Lol!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

71. "Poll" dancing? You've been following politics too closely.

Some polls are easy to dance to, some just make me grumpy.

[closeupready]

73. lol, just HAD to go there, huh???

[frogmarch]

64. +1000

[Warren DeMontague]

22. The women look happy, the kids look happy.

I can see why people are beside themselves with anger.

[Rex]

24. First world problem.

Craft projects hmmm? Looks like all of 3 kids showed up.

[Warren DeMontague]

25. Apparently it's important enough to make the national news.

OUTRAGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

[Rex]

42. Say there, you have a license to outrage?

[TBA]

27. When my son was little Hooters threw a Halloween party for kids with Juvenile Diabetes

My son had just been diagnosed and he was 10 years old. It was all free. Fun, games and food my kid could eat. I did not mind the waitresses or their clothing (or lack thereof).

[Hoyt]

28. Not much on Hooters-mainly because I hate to see women exploited -but as a former scout,

I might have stayed in longer with field trips like that at 8 years old or so. Pinewood Derby wasn't too bad, once.

[The_Casual_Observer]

30. Looks pretty harmless to me. It's nice that they would sponsor the day camp.

Its likely that a one or more of the servers have kids in that program.

[Mike Nelson]

33. The women...

...are dressed normally and do not appear provocative. Looks fine, to me.

And, I am one who does not like being served food or drinks by women or men in sexualized clothing (or lack thereof).

[giftedgirl77]

34. Best wings in town, been taking my kids there since they could walk.

but then again we're from Florida where being half dressed is the norm & strips clubs are a right of passage for both sexes.

[yardwork]

35. I find this very amusing. I'm sorry.

If Hooters abuses women, then I'm wrong, but I don't know that Hooters actually abuses women.

The women in the photos look fine to me.

I can totally imagine the parents... This reminds me of when the drum line in my son's band got in trouble with certain parents for... I can't remember what exactly but I remember laughing. Not the correct parental response I guess.

Maybe I'm basically am eleven year old boy at heart.

[JonathanRackham]

36. Wildlife merit badge?

[dembotoz]

37. before you complain find someone else to sponsor money and volunteers

[Warren DeMontague]

40. If it was a sporting goods store that sells guns

I'm sure it would be fine.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

43. What the hell is a fitted t-shirt? Those are just t-shirts they're wearing. Why the hell is...

... the word fitted even being used when referring to a t-shirt?

[ProfessorGAC]

72. I Guess. . .

. . .one could use that term when they're at work with the tight tee shirts (yeah, i went there once on a business trip, but not a wings guy so didn't like the food.)

But, in those pictures, those tees are tight. They fit like any other tee shirt.

Much ado about nothing.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

74. Exactly. The word "fitted" was used purposely to infer that those girls are purposely...

...accentuating their curves in the presence of Boy Scouts, which clearly is not what they're doing in those tees in those pics.

The word "fitted" was used to make the story seem somehow more risque than it is.

[Warren DeMontague]

75. 100% Pre-Shrunk Cotton SIN, is what it is.

'Taint No Modesty Garment!

[Javaman]

44. the morality cops are on the job!

much to do about nothing.

[Initech]

45. Quick! To the Morality Mobile!

[Javaman]

47. queue the batman TV show music! LOL nt

[Initech]

58. Meanwhile at the morality cave...

[Nye Bevan]

46. The waitresses at Hooters wear shorts and T-shirts?

That is absolutely appalling. Won't someone think of the children?

[Javaman]

48. quick swathe the kids in blankets from head to toe!

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and put those hooter women in burkas, stat!

[underpants]

53. And pantyhose

Yea I've been to a Hooters

[Demonaut]

51. pretty girls around young boys, good for the scouts!