• kieron115@startrek.website
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    1 day ago

    I think I read this article too. It makes sense in a way.

    https://archive.is/tWlEz

    What explains the connection between Hooters waitresses and young gay men? Perhaps these women — so often stigmatized as almost sex workers, so accustomed to society’s sidelong glances — see kindred spirits in the boys who aren’t quite “right.” Or maybe it’s simpler: a waitress’s knack for reading a room, turned tender for those who need it most.