' These small things may seem harmless, but at the end of the day they are the basis of a chauvinistic construct...'

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A restaurant in Peru was fined tens of thousands of dollars for giving different menus to women who were eating there with men. La Rosa Nautica in Lima, Peru, was fined $62,000 for its practice of giving women who dine with male customers a different menu, according to The Associated Press.Men were reportedly given blue menus with dishes and prices on them, but women who sat with them were given a gold menu that didn't feature any prices at all. When pressed on its practice, the restaurant defended it, saying that it does so to “extoll the position of women, considering it a pleasure for them to enjoy a romantic evening with their partner, without taking into account the cost of the services."The National Institute for the Defense of Free Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property voted 3-2 that all customers should receive the same menu. “These small things may seem harmless,” Liliana Cerrón, an official with the institute told the AP. “But at the end of the day they are the basis of a chauvinistic construct reinforcing differences between men and women.”Delish did not immediately hear back from the restaurant after a request for comment. Following the ruling, La Rosa Nautica will have to pay the fine, immediately begin giving men and women the same menu, train staff on discrimination and post a notice saying that "it is prohibited to discriminate against consumers on the grounds of origin, race, sex, language, religion, opinion, economic condition, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or other grounds," according to a release.