The Legality Of A Women-Only Club In The #MeToo Era

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'Here’s a question I can’t get out of my mind: What does Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who created this country’s legal framework for gender equality by bringing a series of lawsuits arguing the law discriminated against men, think of The Wing?
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The Wing also seems to be flouting standard public accommodations laws. As a company with more than 100 members, it is most likely in violation of New York Civil Rights Law § 40-C, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex “by any firm, corporation or institution.” The New York City Human Rights Commission opened an investigation into the company back in March. There are also laws against sex discrimination in California, where The Wing already has two locations, as well as Washington, Illinois, and Massachusetts, where The Wing will open locations by 2019. (Which is to say nothing of the question of what is the definition of a woman anyway.)

It is, by most accounts, a great place to both hang out and to work. According to Vogue, “[e]verything inside is designed to buoy one’s mood: The library (all books by or about women) is arranged into a rainbow by spine color, the plants are always green (they’re plastic), the Spotify playlists are peppy and familiar, and the language of the place is injected with moxie.” It has a packed roster of celebrity speakers — both Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez AND Hillary Clinton — a long waitlist for membership, and $42 million in venture funding.'