Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!ora!ambar From: yoda!jls@igor.rational.com (Jim Showalter) Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: Re: locker rooms ain't nothing--how about men's clubs? Message-ID: Date: 8 Mar 91 14:07:17 GMT References: <1991Feb23.064841.17486@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: ambar@ora.com (Jean Marie Diaz) Organization: O'Reilly and Associates Inc., Cambridge MA Lines: 19 Approved: ambar@ora.com The claim that men's clubs discriminate in business and therefore should be illegal is, unfortunately, probably valid. The Old Boy network and all that. On the other hand, I can't go to Mills College. One COULD argue that this is also unfair because I'm being denied the education I want, that this puts me at a disadvantage in the market, etc. Perhaps a weaker argument, but amazing to me that the very same people who are so violently opposed to men's clubs so violently DEFEND the existence of women-only colleges. Either we throw open the doors and eliminate all gender barriers, or we don't--but at LEAST let's be fair about it. -- ***** DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed herein are my own. Duh. Like you'd ever be able to find a company (or, for that matter, very many people) with opinions like mine. -- "When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you."