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[*] posted on 12-12-2004 at 01:37 PM


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Originally posted by Oso
Once again I come in way late on a thread and find that language and terminology has evolved beyond my reference points. In the early sixties in Mexico City, "Ladies Bars" were a new innovation that had absolutely nothing to do with prostitution. Au Contraire, they were an alternative to the traditional Mexican Cantina in which the only women allowed were indeed licensed prostitutes ( "decent" women were allowed to purchase a quick shot of tequila through a pass-through around the corner, labeled as 'Dpto. de Mujeres" about the size of a closet with no chair.)

"Ladies Bars" in those days were an attempt to emulate American c-cktail lounges where no stigma was attached to female patrons, accompanied or not. The message, at the time, was that this was a place that you could have a drink with your wife or girlfriend without a bunch of drunken machos assuming she was a "working girl".

Obviously, the term has come to mean something else.



I'm going to second this gent's comment. It may be a regional thing, but in mainland Mexico a "ladies bar" is where the tourists go, i.e. they will serve ladies. Drinks, that is ;)

Prostitution isn't illegal in most part of Mexico. Those places that have a sign up advertising in Spanish "no ladies, no police, etc." almost always have ladies working there that don't serve drinks, if'n you get my drift.


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[*] posted on 12-12-2004 at 02:27 PM
And who would know more about these things


than a pirate!! Welcome aboard Matie:biggrin:
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