I think Goa's after 10pm nightlife especially Tito's is very sexist towards males. Unfortunately from what I have seen I can sort of see why. The attitude that some of the Goan's (to a lesser extent) and mainly the main land Indians have towards women is appalling.
Here is an example of the way I was treated one night: -
I went away with 4 of my male friends. Were all ranging from 22 upwards and not at all what you'd call louts.
Spent a nice evening in Tito's restaurant eating drinking and enjoying the entertainment. As the 10pm music/entertainment curfew drew closer I asked our waiter where we could go that was open with music till later. We were told that tito's had its own club open till late and should go there.
So off we went to be greeted by the bouncers at the door. He rudely put his hand on my chest as I went to go up the steps to the entrance. The conversation was as follows: -
Bouncer - Your not coming in!!!
Me - Whys that?
Bouncer - Because your single.
Me - What the hell has that got to do with anything?
Bouncer - Women and couples only.
Me - But that's sexist.
Bouncer - I don't care!
(At one point I asked him what would happen if my male friend and I were a couple and his response was that gays weren't aloud ether)!!
I then told him that we'd spend the night at the restaurant and that was no way to treat customers. He talked with his friend and said to come back at 11pm.
So off we went for 30mins and sat in the internet cafe over the road. On return the same bouncer (Plus about 4 more all looking rather aggressive were waiting for us). He said he didn't even recognise us and if we wanted to come in we'd have to pay 2000rs. I told him where he could stick it and never returned to tito's again.
I know it may sound like I was over aggressive but there were 4 men there all being aggressive towards me. I have a very strong sense of right and wrong and felt that this was ridiculous. The last thing he said to me was "If you want sex go to Mambo's" Is this the reputation that British lads have in India??? I didn't go there looking for sex! I went there looking to continue what was up until that point a very pleasant night.
I also feel the same about Cubana. Couples get in for 600rs, single girls 400rs (free and Wednesdays) and men 900rs. Luckily we met some lovely girls from London and Sweden so never really had a problem there. Something that also upset me was seeing them turn away Indian men completely???
This didn't spoil my holiday too much but let this be a warning to lads going over there, expect to pay more!
The rest of my holiday was amazing (the best two weeks of my life so far) and I shall post a proper report when I have time.
I want to assure you that I'm not some lout and manly go to Goa for the culture, food & beaches but being young we have to have a few nights out too
That is really bad. i have indian friends that work in a beach shack and we all went 2 cabana 1 night but they turned most of them away but wouldnt give good reason. i think it is totally out of order and anyone should be allowed to go in. everyone wants to have fun in goa so why spoil it for guys.
That's the problem! There's nothing you can do ether. We'll I for one will be going to Goa year after year. But there is no way I shall ever return to tito's. They will also receive a lot of bad press from me when I tell friends, forum users of my experiences.
Were the bouncers local? Surely you flexed your biceps
I'm not normally one to generalise, but, all bouncers are . Thankfully i've never been to these places, i've been too old since I was 22
I remember holidaying in Hisaronu in Turkey. They had a popular bar...just an ordinary outside bar with music..no dancing! They too had a 'bouncer' on the 'door'...even though there was no cost to get in. He would make sure no local or turkish lads came in. We took it that it was so that they didn't hassle the female tourists
Tito's always charged for stags to enter their premises, nothing to do with the after 10pm ruling. I think the reason that they do it is to protect the female tourists from the over zealous males!!!......either that or they see an easy way to make money.
I'm glad it's not put you off going back to Goa - there's more to Goa than Tito's and plenty of places to go after the bars have closed.
GFF xx
They were local and I heard some scary stories but as its only hear-say I wont repeat it on a forum. All i'll say is it'd be a very bad idea to flex your muscles.
I'm going to stay round friendlier places next year.
Sounds very doom and gloom, an isolated incident I would think.
I can assure you its not an isolated incident. I saw it happening to other males not in our group too.
i go to goa every year sometimes up to 6 months at a time. i know what you mean about the sexism, but fortunately i dont get that problem as im well known and am friends with rilaz the manager of mambos and titos. they do it to protect some women from men that seem to have a problem with groping the women in the clubs and it is a massive problem out there.
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