Ladies only or co-ed

[Cbarton]

The problem is that ever since the 60's on, women felt they had to 'barge' in on ALL male groups to acheive 'equality" at all costs. The precedent is set that men are looked on as chauvanists by women's groups and the press if no women are allowed. Yet, women 'need their own space so they can be women without the threat of men" (actual quote I was told). But men don't.

The biggest hypocrisy was when Promise Keepers was in their heyday. It was a chance for Christain men to be men and learn how to be better men without wives looking over their shouders. The biggest complaint at the protests at the stadium? NON-CHRISTIAN women whining that they couldn't get in....even though they were clueless to the subject and context.

Other example: About 5 years ago, a girls only school in Oakland, CA was losing money and decided to go co-ed the next year. What did the press show? The young girls crying over the fact that there would be boys there and they had no school of there own. The board of the school relented, staed all girl. I do no toknow of the school is still open or not. But, if it had been a boys school, all you would have heard was how chauvanistic it was and they the boys were getting an advantage from going there and the girls in the area were being deprived and discrimintaed agaisnt.

I've seen it all my life...but the guy is an idiot for doing the suit. Let the guys have their space and the women theirs....for crying out loud

 

[wendyandpeter]

I was refering to black descrimination in golf\pga. It wasnt untill around 1976 that the PGA opened its doors to integrating."

Anti-discrimination laws are really misunderstood, as is clear from the comments in this thread. In this case, the man in question has no legal standing to bring suit, and the law does not prohibit discrimination of this type. A lot of people think it's illegal for anyone to discriminate, ever. That is not true. In fact, even in hiring, if I run a small business with only a few workers, I can discriminate against anyone I chose -- on the basis of sex, race, religion, hair color, shoe size, or anything I want. I probably wouldn't do that, because I'd likely piss off potentional customers. But it certainly isn't illegal.

The law assumes that because we live in a society, social forces will put sufficient pressure on private individuals to do the right thing. That's because "the right thing" is a concept that is continually evolving, and the law can't predict how that concept will evolve.

Most people have no problem with women-only gyms. In my opinion, anyone who'd make a huge deal over such a thing is just a troublemaker. And troublemakers are really best avoided.

Actually, I think this whole thread is just bait for mysogenistic fodder.

 

[Goodieluver]

The problem is that ever since the 60's on, women felt they had to 'barge' in on ALL male groups to acheive 'equality" at all costs. The precedent is set that men are looked on as chauvanists by women's groups and the press if no women are allowed. Yet, women 'need their own space so they can be women without the threat of men" (actual quote I was told). But men don't.

The biggest hypocrisy was when Promise Keepers was in their heyday. It was a chance for Christain men to be men and learn how to be better men without wives looking over their shouders. The biggest complaint at the protests at the stadium? NON-CHRISTIAN women whining that they couldn't get in....even though they were clueless to the subject and context.

Other example: About 5 years ago, a girls only school in Oakland, CA was losing money and decided to go co-ed the next year. What did the press show? The young girls crying over the fact that there would be boys there and they had no school of there own. The board of the school relented, staed all girl. I do no toknow of the school is still open or not. But, if it had been a boys school, all you would have heard was how chauvanistic it was and they the boys were getting an advantage from going there and the girls in the area were being deprived and discrimintaed agaisnt.

I've seen it all my life...but the guy is an idiot for doing the suit. Let the guys have their space and the women theirs....for crying out loud

Same as with title IX in college, whats amazing is schools need to have even amount of girl\boy sports and some of these schools cant find the women to play! Some schools were begging like female basketball players to join vollyball so they could meet the quota