Quarter Three Blog #4 - Gender Roles

The article I read was about the restaurant business, and how they consider gender when planning. They said that if they are planning a business party restaurants often want to know how many men and women their will be, if their are more women they said that most restaurants will turn up the temperature ,create more mood lighting, and plan more healthy options for the menu. As for men they will have more hearty options on their menu such as steak and potatoes, and more beer than wine. The article also said that more and more restaurants are not following the unwritten law that you should always seat a woman first in a restaurant, not only that but take their order first and seat them facing a window or a nice view. More and more both males and females are being treated as equals and it doesn't matter anymore who is served first or second. The environment of the restaurant will also depict whether more men or women will go to the restaurant. At pubs and bars their is often more men because of the cheap and filling food and the atmosphere, while at fancy sit-down high priced restaurants their is more often women.

Citation:
Bruni, Frank. "Old Gender Roles With Your Dinner?." New York Times Company. 7 Oct 2008. 9 Feb 2009 <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/dining/08gend.html>.