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Pubs better than cafes for stimulating social interaction |
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French anthropologists have recently conducted research that suggests that Anglo-Saxon pubs are ideal for social interaction and romance, rather than the traditional French cafés.
The reasons for this are twofold, according to the research:
Firstly, British-style pubs have an image of freedom and flirtation (to Parisians at least), while normal cafés are viewed as boring and conventional by Parisian youths.
Secondly, people meet while ordering drinks in a pub, unlike in Gallic establishments where customers await the garçon at their own table.
The anthropologists believe that it is at the bar where social barriers crumble. As they put it, "A conversation seems to flow naturally from this situation of proximity." Men feel free to talk to women, and women do not feel harrassed as they might if someone walked over to their cafe table. In this way, the pub allows a fusion of gender, race, and culture which is impossible in a French cafe.
Summarised from an article by Adam Sage, entitled 'Parisians find l'amour down the local', in The Times (Summer 2000).
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