BBC hunts for male-only clubs

Submitted by GaryB on Tue, 2007-04-03 22:01

The BBC reports here with an opinion piece that seems incredibly sexist. Basically it's a hunt to find where women are being hard-done by in being excluded from male-only clubs. The entire tone of the piece is sexist, for example:

"In the ancient world all-male societies and festivals were common. And there was even the odd all-female event too." No mention of matriarchal societies, of course.

It's not until halfway through the article that they admit (almost sheepishly) that there are many female-only clubs, but in typical BBC style the headlines and intro are all one-sided (us evil evil men!)

You can comment on the piece, and the comments are worth reading - most support the idea that one-gender clubs are acceptable, even if the women are typically scathing of our reasons to want to be separated. The stereotypes abound; women want to be in their single-sex-club locales to avoid lecherous men hassling them, whereas us men want to be in our single-sex-clubs so we can belch, fart and generally be rude and obnoxious...

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...both belong in the same trash can full of misandric anachronisms. We all know they're both completely misandric organizations, so it's hardly worth worrying about whatever filth they're spewing (unless it poses a direct threat to human rights). It's not as if it comes as a surprise when the BBC or NOW or similar man-haters gleefully enforce anti-male double standards - it's expected from such hateful pigs.

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Submitted by RandomMan on Wed, 2007-04-04 00:12

The shamelessness is truly amazing. The fact is, though, I think most women are perfectly happy with men's only clubs provided they get their women's only clubs, too. Its just a convenient tool in their shameless self-promotion. If men weren't so quick to roll over and play dead at the first sign of aggression, this wouldn't even be an issue.

Ladies!!!! Take a hint!!!!
There is a reason why there are times that we just don't want you around!!!

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Submitted by Scottie on Wed, 2007-04-04 01:50