Talk:hall pass
Add topicLatest comment: 4 years ago by DavidK93
I corrected the second definition, with a good edit summary. The current definition is both wrong and ridiculous. It's not gender-specific, restricted to married couples, or about going out. Strongly implying that married men typically need their wives' permission to go out makes it sound like wives are prison warders and husbands are prisoners. The actual meaning is temporary permission given to someone by their partner in a usually monogamous relationship to have sex with other people during a limited time period, such as for the duration of a holiday or a bachelor party or bachelorette party. The film Hall Pass has this concept at its centre. Jim Michael (talk) 08:18, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks for bringing this here. Can you provide reliable cites for this definition. --Dmol (talk) 08:25, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
- I agree with the change made by Jim Michael almost two years ago, which was reverted. A "hall pass" is an agreement to temporarily or provisionally relax monogamy in a relationship. Here are some examples where sources make reference to a "hall pass" as permission to have sex with a specific celebrity:
- And here are review of the film "Hall Pass," where the concept is described as depicted in the movie, where the "hall pass" is instead for a duration of non-monogamy:
- Barring anyone disputing these sources, I will plan to reimplement the previous change or text compatible therewith. --DavidK93 (talk) 16:22, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you - the sense 2. that's currently in this article is unsourced & I've never seen that definition anywhere else. The duration of hall pass in the film is a week. Jim Michael (talk) 16:44, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
- I implemented this change. I put the websites in the "Citations" tab, but I don't know if that was right. (I don't edit here much.) --DavidK93 (talk) 22:47, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you - the sense 2. that's currently in this article is unsourced & I've never seen that definition anywhere else. The duration of hall pass in the film is a week. Jim Michael (talk) 16:44, 16 January 2020 (UTC)