"This topic seems to have limited (very little) interest on this list, any thoughts on why that is?"
Probably because if they were to comment on such a topic, the liberals would be afraid they'd come across as prudes and the conservatives would be afraid they'd come across as perverts. (Or vice versa, I forget how that works). Being neither, I have no such concerns. But I am somewhat surprised that its an issue in the 21st century.
I remember back in the mid-70s I worked as an instructor for a large computer manufacturer. The classes consisted of male service engineers from all over the country. It was the ritual that on Fridays when a group of engineers was graduating and going home after several weeks of training, their instructor would take the class to lunch at Casey's on west 7th. The place was always packed on Fridays, with St. Paul's movers and shakers, including some prominent attorneys from City Hall. In fact, a female friend of mine told me that once she had to contact her uncle, who was a big shot city attorney, regarding a family emergency and she learned that he was at Casey's. In this era before cell phones, she had to go in there and get him. Embarrassment all around.
Our class lunch ritual eventually ended when, over time, the workforce became more gender-balanced.
Frankly, with the internet allowing people to access that sort of "product" without risking the embarrassment of being seen in such a place, I'm surprised such establishments are even still in bidness. But if they are, I don't see why they should be made illegal. All together now ... let the market decide.
Dennis Tester Mac-Groveland
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