ABSTRACT
The absence of a broad feminist perspective on hospitality seems a curious oversight given that many host—guest relationships are overlain by social relations of gender (Aitchison, 1999). Sociologists have long since established that our words give us away; thus expressions such as landlady, bell-boy or housewife assume a crucial significance when considering the importance of gender in accounting for hospitality roles and expectations. Hospitality is, thus, deeply implicated in any analysis of patriarchy.
