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There are male-only clubs (The Garrack, Savage Club), and more modern female and non-binary only clubs (such as the marguerite). They are all, by definition se
by moritonal 4y ago
There are male-only clubs (The Garrack, Savage Club), and more modern female and non-binary only clubs (such as the marguerite).
They are all, by definition sexist, but you are allowed under UK law to be such when deciding who to invite to a party.
What would be interesting, is if one became a monopoly in its niche (often clubs have a _thing_), whether one could argue they missed out on serious opportunities in work because they were not allowed to join, but I don't know of such a case being risen.
- jl6 4y agoIndeed it was The Garrick about which Baroness Hale made something rather like that argument, noting that many of her male colleagues were members, perhaps implying that they enjoyed a networking opportunity that she had been denied: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/06/garrick-club-votes-to-continue-with-ban-on-women-members https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/06/garrick-club-v...