Why aren't flat chested women ever barmaids?

[Oryan77]

Where did the stereotype of top-heavy women being barmaids come from? If there's a barmaid in a movie, she's top-heavy. If there's a picture or a figurine of a barmaid, she's top-heavy. Do flat chested women not carry mugs of ale as well as other women? I'm guessing it's a balance issue; so it sorta makes sense.

I'm not a woman, so I don't personally know the effect a nice rack has on men buying refreshments. But do top heavy women really get more business than flat chested women? I've gone to Hooters a few times and I'm just happy when a pretty woman is serving me...flat chested or not.

Why so much focus on their breasts anyway? Taverns in fantasy worlds are the strangest places. If we aren't focusing on the barmaids breasts, we're focusing on the gruff bartenders fat belly. Sometimes the bartender isn't even fully human...sometimes he has 1 or 2 large pointy teeth protruding from behind his bottom lip. So adventurers are ok with buying ale from this guy as long as he's behind a counter, but in open space, adventurers gotta be served by curvy women? Geez, at least put the flat chested women behind the bar and get rid of ol' fatty one-tooth :\

 

[I'm A Banana]

Holy criminey, can't this forum go a month without the topic of breasts coming up?

And to prove that I'm a big fat hypocrite:

Buxom barmaids exist because you don't expect Throgg Killslots, the Barbarian from Ukrogorthia, to walk into a bar wearing only a straining codpiece and a massive sword, and then to waste his verile man-energies flirting with Androgynous Jane, do ya?

DO YA?!

 

[BlueBlackRed]

For the same reason women in comic books are well endowed - men are the main creators and the main consumers.

 

[ruleslawyer]

Where did the stereotype of top-heavy women being barmaids come from?

You clearly haven't done much hiring for the average rowdy bar, my friend.

And yes; although it's clearly not restricted to as singular a thing as chest size, more attractive servers (male and female) do make better tips than their counterparts at the same establishments. Hiring involves an even bigger discrepancy; many "fashionable" bars in my home city of NY essentially require a headshot along with one's resume for a server position.

But now I'm killing the humor, so let's get "back to topic":

"Because it's easier if the ale and whores come in one convenient serving! And who wants flat-chested whores?"
-Korgoth

 

[HeavenShallBurn]

"Because it's easier if the ale and whores come in one convenient serving! And who wants flat-chested whores?"
-Korgoth

This reminds me I so need a T-shirt that says "What Would Korgoth Do?"

Boobs>No Boobs
Or for the long version boobs make everything better, the more and larger the higher the betterness quotient.

 

[JustKim]

I always thought the idea had grown off the stereotype of dairy farmers being big-breasted.

 

[Ranger REG]

Where did the stereotype of top-heavy women being barmaids come from? If there's a barmaid in a movie, she's top-heavy. If there's a picture or a figurine of a barmaid, she's top-heavy. Do flat chested women not carry mugs of ale as well as other women? I'm guessing it's a balance issue; so it sorta makes sense.

Two words: Sex sells.

Sure, there are pretty barmaids with less-than-ample bosoms, but if you got a pretty barmaid with cleavage as deep as the Grand Canyon, you'd advertise that to your potential customers walking by your tavern.

It helps to have those peasant clothing that emphasize it too.

 

[Ranger REG]

I always thought the idea had grown off the stereotype of dairy farmers being big-breasted.

Ugh. Ugly visual of guys squeezing their own udders.

 

[mhensley]

I blame the Germans.

 

[DrunkonDuty]

I find that fascinating about applying for bar jobs in NYC.

I'm a leg and bum man myself. Boobs are nice too, but it's legs and bottoms for me.

Sorry, non-one needed to know that.