Posted on April 7 at 12:22 p.m.
I apologize for not having citations at my fingertips, but there's actually been a lot of marketing research done around this, and what it comes down to is that single women are fine spending a night in or at non-bar locales with their friends, and men want to attend bars women attend. It's the same principle behind dating services that often offer reduced fees to women - men outnumber women on singles websites as well, and seem a bit more willing to shell out for that pursuit.
So how do singles websites, bars, and dance clubs get around this and lure women in? Reduced fees or free nights. Nothing sneaky or hidden about it, but like you note in your "well-stocked pond" analogy, ladies' nights attract women to clubs, and the men pay for a gender breakdown that doesn't resemble a VFW hall.
Posted on April 21 at 1:57 p.m.
As a former Jayhawk now living in SoCal, I'd just like to point out that according to most news reports in the Los Angeles area, Lawrence King wasn't shot in the back of the head in class for being "effeminate," but specifically for being gay.
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