In regard to Andrea Young's letter, I have to say that her assumption of the supposed "Encouragement of assaults and harassment" provided by the Hooters establishment and the Collegian's coverage of it is naive.

Most people see this eating establishment as a place to go to eat, drink and be merry, much like most of the establishments in this town.

However, every eating establishment has some sort of theme to it. They don't have to have one, but how can you generate business if you don't? So it goes with Hooters.

Its gimmick is that it has rather physically endowed women working as the wait staff.

Just because a large breasted woman serves me wings and beer, that doesn't give me the green light to grab or accost her at the table or wait for her after work for the purpose of assault or more harassment.

Most of us men were raised better than that, I would hope. Besides, it's a job and that's it.

I don't see the establishment as being misogynistic either. Women willingly want to work there and if the ownership sees fit to pay them well, along with their tips, then that's not misogynistic at all. The harassment comes with the territory, and I think the owners took that into account when hiring the staff.

I do understand that we have a problem with assaults here. I'm not ignoring that.

I'm just confused as to how a simple eatery with a rather touchy theme ties in as being the scapegoat of it all. Like I said before, I go to eat, drink and be merry.