Woke Nightclub Introduces Policy Banning Non-Consensual ‘Staring’
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – In arguably one of the oddest efforts to promote a “safe space” environment, a Sydney nightclub has decided to introduce a policy that prohibits “staring at someone from afar” if consent was obtained prior to looking at someone.
Most adults who’ve made it past their 21st birthday are well aware of what nightclubs are and the culture surrounding them.
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Nightclubs are often loud (due to blaring music), they’re usually toting a fully-stocked bar with pricey drinks (and bartenders who’ll likely turn a blind eye to over-serving certain patrons), and one of the biggest draws for these venues is, frankly, the hookup culture.
Based upon the general tenets of what makes just about any nightclub successful (particularly the heavy reliance on needing to attract twenty-somethings under the guise they’ll have a chance of meeting a guy or girl), one wouldn’t think overly-woke elements embedded into a nightclub’s policies would fare well.
However, Club 77 in Sydney seems to be embracing the very embodiment of wokeness under their “safety and harassment policy,” where they outright prohibit patrons from trying to “pick up” one another.
“We operate a zero-tolerance policy on harassment of any kind. Club 77 is not a place to come to if your sole purpose is to ‘pick up.’ If you do come in and are approaching multiple people or giving unwanted attention to someone, you are going to attract the attention of our security, who have been instructed to stop this kind of behaviour.”
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While having a “zero-tolerance policy on harassment” is a proper thing to do, the concept of banning the practice of what arguably leads most men to entertain the idea of going to a nightclub seems a little silly from a business perspective.
But further, along the nightclub’s policy, which hosted a significant update earlier in August, it goes on to provide a very specific example of what they constitute as “harassment” – namely, looking at someone without their verbal consent.
“As a nightclub, we encourage you to interact with strangers, however, any engagement MUST begin with verbal consent. This also applies if you are, for example, staring at someone from afar. If the attention you are giving someone is unwanted, that is considered harassment.”
Apparently, if a patron inside of the nightclub gets caught “staring at someone from afar,” then they can be expected to be greeted by club security who will be wearing a “recognisable by a pink hi-vis vest” and be removed from the premises.
Funnily enough, in the released update to the nightclub’s policy, they’d welcomed feedback – and some commenters were more than happy to share their criticisms.
One Instagram user commented, “I had to make sure this wasn’t The Onion,” whereas another wrote, “RIP to social interaction. Everything is becoming social media [in real life].”
Others were curious as to when staring becomes an offense, with one person commenting, “What is considered staring? How many seconds can a person look at another person before police are called?”
Overall, most of the comments that have cropped up on Club 77’s post were critical of the move to prohibit non-consensual staring.
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