This might seem obvious, but Ruby didn't really fit in The Roadhouse. She seems quiet and is dressed modestly, has a sweet face. It was an indictment of the kind of men who hang there and treat women like objects--they literally moved her like a salt shaker. She didn't interest them sexually so she was a thing to be removed. It took the scenes with the girls being objectified out of the realm of soap opera cliche and made it more graphically a dehumanization.

Posted by: cyndeewillow

This might seem obvious, but Ruby didn't really fit in The Roadhouse. She seems quiet and is dressed modestly, has a sweet face. It was an indictment of the kind of men who hang there and treat women like objects--they literally moved her like a salt shaker. She didn't interest them sexually so she was a thing to be removed. It took the scenes with the girls being objectified out of the realm of soap opera cliche and made it more graphically a dehumanization.

I took it as it is a biker bar so not exactly the ritz, the fact she was sitting without a drink in a four person booth on her own and that the bikers wanted to sit down.

I think either your reading way too much into the scene or I'm reading way too little.