Another article from Special Snowflake, in The Guardian. Note the sneering, patronising comparison in the headline between “Women-only gyms” and “boys’ clubs”. I couldn’t get beyond the first two sentences (below) but maybe you’re a masochist, in which case enjoy the piece.
Using women-only spaces to justify men-only ones is deeply ironic. The only thing they have in common is that they both exist because of male privilege.
Special Snowflake has won two Lying Feminist of the Month awards, and was the inaugural member of The Whine Club in 2013.
The word “pitiful” springs to mind. She and her ilk are so full of themselves; I’m quite sure they are not attractive enough to merit the level of male attention they believe they are receiving.
Muirfield is a members’ club and as such was exempt from the original sex equality legislation. Further, its constitution cannot be changed by a bare majority, it requires a 2/3 majority and this was where the problem lay. They could not produce more than a bare majority.
I’m not a golfer, but I’ve been a guest at a couple of long established clubs. There is usually both a dress code and a behavioural code, and it wouldn’t surprise overmuch if a consideration in the minds of those who voted against the measure was a wish to retain their current restrictions on young children.