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Originally Posted by pylon
I am not saying it is wrong to exclude men from a business, I get why it is done.
However, if you take gender inequality and misogyny out, how can a women's business do the same thing carte blanche, without the same repercussions? Why is there not outrage from the mens side about us being excluded, I never see it.
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I think probably because (most) men get it. We understand the logical reasons why these things occur. Males are still (even as far along as we are with equality) the dominant gender, and we pretty much have a controlling say in what goes on in most go the western world.
We understand that some men can be rude pigs that harshly judge the physical appearance of women, so if women want to have a gym that caters only to women, it makes some sense. It's not saying men are all bad, but it's to make women more comfortable, because obviously some of them feel uncomfortable at the gym. By taking all men out of the equation, you take the scumbags out too. And you probably even eliminate some of the judgemental women too, because everyone is going there not to be judged.
If there was a logical reason for the barber not to allow women, I'd probably defend it, but there really isn't. Ban women's cuts, but if a woman wants a traditional men's cut it's kind of hard argue the point in denying her. It's the same with the SpaLady thing, if you had a real genuine reason to go there, I'd probably defend your right to do so, but if it's for giggles and to prove a point, then get over it.
We've seen from some ignorant posters here and from the personal accounts of the female posters over the last few days that misogyny and sexism against women is a very real thing that is occurring right now, so anyone with empathy might understand why a woman would want a break.