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> free for women, men must pay a weekly fee Would this be allowed in the US? In the EU it would probably be forbidden as discrimination.
by tom_mellior 7y ago
> free for women, men must pay a weekly fee
Would this be allowed in the US? In the EU it would probably be forbidden as discrimination.
- JohnFen 7y agoI believe this would be allowed in the US. At least, I know that there are real-life clubs that charge covers to men, but women get in free...
- philwelch 7y agoParticularly in Vegas, which was the original analogy.
- Kalium 7y agoDepends on the state. It's barred in California, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unruh_Civil_Rights_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unruh_Civil_Rights_Act
- why_only_15 7y agoInteresting that the supreme court ruled on this specifically > The California Supreme Court also decided that the act outlaws sex-based prices at bars (ladies' nights): offering women a discount on drinks, but not offering the same discount to males. In Koire v Metro Car Wash (1985) 40 Cal 3d 24, 219 Cal Rptr 133, the court held that such discounts constituted sex stereotyping prohibited by this Act.