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 land lady , bell- boy or house wife 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.
