Top 11 Reasons Girls Go To Bars

By Victoria Robertson on September 19, 2014

It may come as a shock to you guys, but girls have ulterior motives for most everything they do. Why should going to bars be any different?

Here are the most universal reasons for why you will always find an abundance of females at the bar.

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1. To meet guys:

This should be plastered across billboards near and far. If a girl is slipping into a tight dress and killing her feet in six-inch pumps, it certainly isn’t because she hates her feet and wants to torture them.

You think she spent three hours on hair and makeup to stand by herself at the bar? Let’s face it, almost everything else girls do is for guys–why should going to bars be any different?

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2. To dress up and show off:

There’s a reason girls loved playing dress-up as kids: it made them feel pretty. Not much has changed. They may be wearing outfits tight enough to attract a man, but really they’re just happy they had a valid excuse to drop a hundred bucks at Forever 21 on a dress they very well knew they didn’t need.

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3. To get drunk:

Of course, what fun is a night at the bar without a little drinking? Or a lot of drinking …

Whether it’s a vodka cranberry at the bar or a few shots of Captain and a beer in the apartment, a night out at the campus bar is an excuse for girls to drink any day of the week. Who wants to pass that up?

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4. To be with friends:

Sure it may be cliché, but sometimes girls just want that GNO (girls night out). Some of a girls’ best college memories come from their nights out at the campus bar with their friends, so this is probably one of the more popular reasons.

Of course, it’ll probably end with Jessica running off with a frat guy and Brittany throwing up outside of Jimmy John’s, but hey, that’s what friends are for, right?

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5. To turn down strangers:

It’s no surprise that girls like to be in control, so why should getting hit on at a bar be any different? They live for the moment a “bro” catches them in a bad mood and throws a cheesy line in their direction.

Calling him out on it and embarrassing him in front of his friends? Pure power.

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6. To dance:

“Oh my god! I love this song!” *Cue white girl dancing.*

Girls love to dance, which probably isn’t all that much of a secret. Whether they’re good or not, they can’t help from swaying their hips when a good song comes on (just ask Taylor Swift.)

From twerking to the running man, they do it all. Bottom line: a girl is on that dance floor to have a good time, so join in and bust a move.

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7. To celebrate:

Maybe it’s the end of Rush week or a friend’s 21st birthday; whatever the occasion, sometimes girls are just out to let loose with their friends.

Odds are they would be more than happy to add more to their group, so if you’re looking to have fun, join in the celebration.

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8. To procrastinate:

College comes with homework, whether we want it or not. So when Netflix just isn’t cutting it anymore and a friend suggests a bar crawl, there just isn’t enough motivation in the world to make a girl say no.

Not even her overwhelming pile of homework. What English paper? Shakespeare can wait, he didn’t write his own stuff anyway, right?

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9. To help out a friend:

Sarah and Tommy just broke up. Rather than listen to her mope around the apartment one more day, her girls are going to show her a good time.

So when there’s an emotional wreck sitting at the bar telling her life story to the bartender, you know why.

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10. To have fun:

“Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” isn’t just a mildly annoying song by Cyndi Lauper; sometimes, crazy as it may sound, girls just want to go out and have fun.

These are the girls to find and talk to, because odds are they’re an absolute blast to be around.

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11. To people watch:

Ah, the best reason of all: people watching. While Walmart isn’t ever a let down in this category, sometimes it’s much more fun to people watch with a drink in your hand.

You’ll see it all people watching at the bar: people sitting on the curb with their head between their legs, people falling off of tables and even people on the phone trying to articulate what their drunk friend on the other end is trying to say.

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Bottom line: girls are out to have a good time. They didn’t go to the bar for no reason at all, so buy her a drink and take her onto the dance floor, because it’s college and it’s time to have fun.

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