You go girl (or should I not use that un-PC word?). I agree with you 100%. Also, what effect will this have on other organization such as American Legion, Moose, Am Vets (just to name a few). All of them have primary male membership and an auxilliary branch for the women. I do not know much about ELKS, but thought that they too had a Woman’s auxilliary that participates in the charity works of the organization.
I recall that not 15 years ago the Elks had to be sued to let black men into their organization. They offer themselves as a target. Let the women in, they will find out it’s for old, boring men and they will quit immediately.
I, for one have no problem with a gender specific, or even race-specific club, as long as that club does not infringe upon the rights of non-members, or promote itself to be superior over any other gender or race, or does not receive any unfairly discriminatory advantage over another group.
The Elks were ok back then with black waiters and cooks, just not members. I had to attend a meeting once and I thought I was in the Confederacy in 1862.
There’s nothing wrong with preferring the company of your own kind. See the First Amendment, which has not been repealed (yet).
Furthermore, gender refers to masculine/feminine. Sex refers to male/female. Why do you think that this usage has changed? I don’t know, I’m wondering.
Gee Willy…. I don’t know why I used “gender” instead of “sex”. I guess if I used ‘sex-specific clubs’ a casual reader might think that I was referring to a club where men go to have sex, with whatever type of animal (male/female) that club offers. Is that what really goes on behind those doors????
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Madame Judge, meet the First Amendment:
“Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble…”
You go girl (or should I not use that un-PC word?). I agree with you 100%. Also, what effect will this have on other organization such as American Legion, Moose, Am Vets (just to name a few). All of them have primary male membership and an auxilliary branch for the women. I do not know much about ELKS, but thought that they too had a Woman’s auxilliary that participates in the charity works of the organization.
I recall that not 15 years ago the Elks had to be sued to let black men into their organization. They offer themselves as a target. Let the women in, they will find out it’s for old, boring men and they will quit immediately.
I, for one have no problem with a gender specific, or even race-specific club, as long as that club does not infringe upon the rights of non-members, or promote itself to be superior over any other gender or race, or does not receive any unfairly discriminatory advantage over another group.
The Elks were ok back then with black waiters and cooks, just not members. I had to attend a meeting once and I thought I was in the Confederacy in 1862.
There’s nothing wrong with preferring the company of your own kind. See the First Amendment, which has not been repealed (yet).
Furthermore, gender refers to masculine/feminine. Sex refers to male/female. Why do you think that this usage has changed? I don’t know, I’m wondering.
Gee Willy…. I don’t know why I used “gender” instead of “sex”. I guess if I used ‘sex-specific clubs’ a casual reader might think that I was referring to a club where men go to have sex, with whatever type of animal (male/female) that club offers. Is that what really goes on behind those doors????
Tanx fa edjakating me!
Funny, I always thought “sex” and “gender” were fairly interchangeable (at least that’s what they taught me in San Francisco!).
I wasn’t slamming you, I’m just wondering why we stopped using the word sex in favor of gender, is all.
You may have hit the proverbial nail on the head, LB!