Age Specifications in Social Dancing

[peachexploration]

We often have an age specifications for admittance to clubs in the Central Florida area. Usually something like Ladies 18+, Gentlemen 21+. Anyone else noticed this in their area? Do you know why that is? Just curious.....

[pygmalion]

Yes. And why is it different for men and women, when the drinking age is the same -- 21.

[peachexploration]

Good point, Pygmalion. I see a beginning to another one of our bad experience topics. Guys are inebriated, ladies aren't. A whole slew of bad situations waiting to happen. :? Anyone else?

Edit: I'm also wondering if this is a financial thing as well. If all were 18+, the bar wouldn't make any money since mostly they tend to attract the younger crowd. *shrug* So, why not make everyone 21+?

[squirrel]

in my country, the age limit is 18 for both genders, but it is rarely respected... one may see 15-year olds in clubs :)

[Sagitta]

Younger ladies to attract the older gents, just like you have so many of those free lady nights etc. Guys tend to buy ladies drinks, and it does not really happen much the other way around. I think that guys drink more too. Anything to attract the men, IMO.

[pygmalion]

At least here, the drink specials are often different for guys and girls, as well. As in, ladies drink free until midnight, while guys have to pay. Or ladies pay no cover charge until some hour, while guys pay. There must be some marketing research behind the whole thing. No idea what it is, of course, but there must be something.

Hmm. I just noticed that most of the concessions are targeted toward ladies. Wonder why.

[SDsalsaguy]

We often have an age specifications for admittance to clubs in the Central Florida area. Usually something like Ladies 18+, Gentlemen 21+. Anyone else noticed this in their area? Do you know why that is? Just curious.....
No such thing around here. I think I recall one place wanting to charge different covers to men and women and being told that would be illegal, but I'm not sure of the details.

Any such distinction does tell me that dance is not really important (let alone a priority) to the management... talk about setting up bad lead to follow ratios! :x :evil:

[ShyDancer]

Here its the same all across the board. Everyone pays the same and no gender gets special deals or free entry.
Usually the later you arrive the more expensive the cover charge is.

Every club is 18+ here, although there are a few clubs that have nights specifically for over 28s/30s/35s.
Drinking age is 18 too, so if you get in the door you can drink!.

You dont get many underage kids in clubs anymore as the security check everyones IDs because of the high price of fines.

[Tasek]

We often have an age specifications for admittance to clubs in the Central Florida area. Usually something like Ladies 18+, Gentlemen 21+. Anyone else noticed this in their area? Do you know why that is? Just curious.....

I'm guessing it's because unfortunately young men (only a minority, but a very visible minority) are often the ones in clubs that misbehave; alcohol abuse, violence, sexual harassment and such so they are kept out untill they've matured a bit.

Afaik this sort of thing doesn't officially happen in the netherlands, but I do know that age limits are often much less enforced when girls are concerned. And does anyone else sometimes wonder when there will be true equality, and discrimination like this will no longer be accepted, instead of people making a row when females are discriminated against, and hardly caring when males are discriminated against?

[SDsalsaguy]

Well, I also think this is a set up for older males to get drunk and put younger females in uncomfortable positions... I'm surprised that the potential legal liability alone doesn't cancel out such admission policies. :?