Men only..!!
Posted: 18 Jul 2013, 13:47
Muirfield is one of the few remaining golf clubs which does not admit women members, though I understand women are allowed to play on the course! With the British Open Championship currently being played there, politicians are jumping up to be seen to be politically correct: Alex Salmond, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, all denouncing the club's men-only policy, and of course Harridan Harman calling for such policies to be banned.
Personally, I'm quite happy to mix with women in most sports and social situations, and for clubs to have women members. But, given my embarrassingly ugly physical appearance, I shy away from places like gyms and swimming pools, to avoid the inevitable scornful mocking remarks behind my back which I find usually emanate from the so-called fair sex.
And so, much as I love women, there are sometimes good reasons for men-only (and indeed women-only) activities, and society would perhaps be less critical if it understood the reasons for groups of one sex sometimes wanting to club together to the exclusion of the other.
A UKIP spokesman said that half of the single-sex golf clubs in the UK admit only female members. So, there are equal numbers of men-only and women-only golf clubs! Yet we never hear complaints about clubs having only women members. In my youth, Boy Scouts were for boys, and Girl Guides were for girls. But in recent years the Scout movement was brow-beaten into admitting girls, whereas the Guides of course continued to admit only girls as members.
I wonder of feminism had something to do with this! There are certain people, of whom we see many in public life, who have a lust for power and control. And many of these seem to be women who, along with some men, apply different standards when seeking to impose rules or laws over one group as opposed to another. Positive discrimination stinks, because the inevitable end result is the antithesis of egalitarianism, though that is perhaps a subject for a different discussion.
One of the tell-tale signs of the state of a democracy lies in the way it treats its minorities and gives some leeway to those who do not wish to follow the herd mentality. A decent society accepts diversity. A totalitarian state demands conformity.
With this in mind, I remain hopeful, but I can't say I'm particularly optimistic about the future.
How about you..??
Personally, I'm quite happy to mix with women in most sports and social situations, and for clubs to have women members. But, given my embarrassingly ugly physical appearance, I shy away from places like gyms and swimming pools, to avoid the inevitable scornful mocking remarks behind my back which I find usually emanate from the so-called fair sex.
And so, much as I love women, there are sometimes good reasons for men-only (and indeed women-only) activities, and society would perhaps be less critical if it understood the reasons for groups of one sex sometimes wanting to club together to the exclusion of the other.
A UKIP spokesman said that half of the single-sex golf clubs in the UK admit only female members. So, there are equal numbers of men-only and women-only golf clubs! Yet we never hear complaints about clubs having only women members. In my youth, Boy Scouts were for boys, and Girl Guides were for girls. But in recent years the Scout movement was brow-beaten into admitting girls, whereas the Guides of course continued to admit only girls as members.
I wonder of feminism had something to do with this! There are certain people, of whom we see many in public life, who have a lust for power and control. And many of these seem to be women who, along with some men, apply different standards when seeking to impose rules or laws over one group as opposed to another. Positive discrimination stinks, because the inevitable end result is the antithesis of egalitarianism, though that is perhaps a subject for a different discussion.
One of the tell-tale signs of the state of a democracy lies in the way it treats its minorities and gives some leeway to those who do not wish to follow the herd mentality. A decent society accepts diversity. A totalitarian state demands conformity.
With this in mind, I remain hopeful, but I can't say I'm particularly optimistic about the future.
How about you..??
:devil: 
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