Comedy·GENDER EQUALITY

Ladies' Night at bar most discrimination man will face this year

Every Thursday night, The Thirsty Man features a ladies’ night where women get in free, while men are basically forced at gunpoint to pay $5.
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TORONTO, ON—As 27-year-old Bay Street executive Bill Pritchert stands in line at The Thirsty Man with his friends Jeff and Paul, or "The Bromigos" as they're known only to themselves, something isn't right. The most extreme discrimination that society has ever seen is taking place: a ladies' night.

Every Thursday night, The Thirsty Man features a ladies' night where women get in free, while men are basically forced at gunpoint to pay $5.

"Feminazis are always saying that men shouldn't sexually harass women on the street, but I don't hear anyone coming to my defence when I have to pay $5 to get into a club to talk to women," says Pritchert. "Sure, it gets more women into the bar, but then when I try to buy them Jägerbombs they don't even want any. This isn't progress."

This isn't the first time Pritchert has been upset.

"Just the other day, someone cut in line in front of me, but then realized what they did and went back," explains Pritchert, choking back tears. "That's the nearly unfair treatment I have to deal with."

To protest, Pritchert took to Facebook to complain. He felt strongly that his post that misspelled both "its" and "the," and featured a slew of Scarface references, got the point across.

Jill Milton, one of the women taking advantage of ladies' night, showed no remorse for her extreme privilege. "One of my male coworkers with the same experience earns $10,000 a year more than I do," says Milton. "But with more of these ladies' nights I might be able to claw my way back."

While the rest of the year is projected to go pretty smoothly, it's clear Pritchert plans to bring up this injustice any time someone discusses inequality in any form.

"When will people talk about this type of oppression?" says Pritchert, although it's unclear if he was speaking with reporters or talking into his Bluetooth headset.

"We haven't seen an injustice like this since the Alamo," says Pritchert. Asked what happened at the Alamo, Pritchert says he doesn't remember.

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