http://www.comcast.net/News/DOMESTIC//XML/1120_Feature_Stories/7c9fb62c-a3d3-4b3c-8eef-df8cef591a3f.html N.J. Assembly OKs Ladies Nights at Bars TRENTON, N.J. - It's unanimous: Women deserve a cheap drink, at least in New Jersey bars and restaurants. Despite an administrative ruling that says the ladies' night at a Cherry Hill bar and restaurant violated state civil rights rules, Assembly members Thursday said there ought to be a law protecting the practice. The Assembly voted 78-0 to approve a bill making it legal for bar owners and others to offer special promotions such as charging women different prices for drinks. The measure was designed to specifically overturn that June 1 ruling. "It defies common sense to view Ladies Night as anything other than a way for a bar or restaurant owner to stay competitive and successful," said the measure's sponsor, Assemblyman Joseph Cryan, a Democrat. Earlier this month, the director of the state Division on Civil Rights ruled in favor of a man who said it wasn't fair for women to get into the Coastline bar and restaurant in Cherry Hill for free and enjoy discounted drinks while men paid $5 and full price for beverages. Gov. James E. McGreevey led the charge in denouncing the decision, calling it "bureaucratic nonsense." The bill now heads to the Senate.
I think Ladies Nights are flagrant discrimination. Then again, I am one of those who believe that privately owned businesses should be allowed to discriminate all they want. But I also believe in consistency and I don't think gender discrimination should be legal if all other forms are not.
Men (the type that frequent these places, for the most part) like ladies' nights 'cause the women get really drunk, and they have more of a chance of screwing them. I personally don't care either way, I don't mind buying my own drinks. But that's what "ladies nights" really boil down to.
