Our thanks to Nigel for this in the Telegraph (£), this in the Mail. He writes:

“Interesting in the increasing use of “cultural” or “religious” reasons as well as feeling “unsafe” in the arguments to give women privileges not afforded men. As pointed out in one piece the sessions are at peak time for the clubs, after work hours. Though the complaining men will be sneered at for whinging they do a good service in pointing out those trumpeting equality have double standards. The use of cultural or religious reasons is a neat trick, these days a case based solely on sex might be lost, because it rests on the presumption all men are sex predators, itself a discriminatory belief. Whereas accommodating religious or cultural beliefs has more weight to avoid “racism” . David Lloyd Clubs claim “men haven’t asked”. Locally men did ask, from both Orthodox Jewish and Islamic Communities and the Council leisure services had to offer men-only swimming sessions as well as women-only sessions as a result!”

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