Lesbian refused a rose.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.telegraph....-a-proper-couple.html

Would it had been sexiest as well as homophobic if they had also refused to give a rose to a male partner of a gay diner?

[mccfluff]

the the comment aog not the rose

[craft1948]

Please stop saying sexiest...........it's sexist!

[sp1814]

AOG

No - because men do not receive flowers as a gift. Traditionally only women are recipients of flowers on Valentines Day.

Pretty stunning behaviour on the part of the restaurant owners. Unnecessarily courting bad publicity to make an invalid point (two people who are in a relationship are by definition 'a couple' - because there's two of 'em).

[jackthehat]

Yes.

[wolf63]

love the 'sexiest' bit :-)

[rowanwitch]

just seems a bit daft on the part of the restaurant really

[sp1814]

Perhaps they were being mean. With all the other diners, they would've had to give out just one rose, but with the lesbian diners they would've been two roses down.

[Gromit]

Sounds like one young member of staff was badly trained and the obvious thing to do was to give every couple a rose if they wanted one. The Manager has admitted as much.

It is not sexist to deny the Lesbians a rose and it would not have been sexist to deny a gay man a rose. But in both cases it would have been discriminatory.

I know you hate it when I say it, but this seems like a non story (Sorry).

[Kristal53]

which one would get the rose - the one not wearing the dungarees ;-)?

[douglas9401]

Perhaps staff thought that the giving of flowers is seen as an insult in Lesbia.

[cupid04]

Lol kristal53!

[rowanwitch]

Tut tut Kristal they wouldn't wear dungarees on a night out....

[Old_Geezer]

No one gives me roses :-(
Still; I grow my own.

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit My 'non-news' story attracts 14 answers in just 21 minutes.

Funny how threads on homosexuality are the most popular.

Sorry to everyone for my spelling of 'sexist'.

[joggerjayne]

dungarees ...

http://www.google.co....8&ved=1t:429,r:17,s:0

http://www.google.co....&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:140

[rowanwitch]

Still I suppose its an improvement on the old tweeds and pipe image....

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

What do I know about homosexuality?

I always thought that in a Lesbian partnership, one was 'feminine' and the other 'masculine'.

One regular hears one described as being the 'butch' one, ie short hair, collar and tie, dungarees, and sensible shoes.

So I took it that it was similar with Male gays, one being the 'camp' one, the one that would be delighted to receive a rose maybe, hence the accusation of sexism.

Please forgive me, I am not trying to be offensive here, only ignorant of the true facts maybe?

[jackthehat]

Yes.

[ChuckFickens]

What colour dungarees do you have on today, JTH :-p