There are religious and cultural minorities that don't believe in men mingling with women who are not their wives or relatives - do we restrict women from atten

There are religious and cultural minorities that don't believe in men mingling with women who are not their wives or relatives - do we restrict women from attending for fear those minorities would be uncomfortable? I know a number of recovering alcoholics - some will avoid situations where alcohol is available altogether, some will happily go to a bar and drink a club soda all night, or somewhere in between. You can't generalize about a group like that. And personally, I don't like strip clubs, never have. In various jobs, there have been a lot of sales dinners and the like that ended up at a strip club. I always left before we got there. I didn't feel put out, or uncomfortable, I was just frank about my dislike for them, and encouraged everyone else to go have a good time. To a certain degree, I agree with you - if an event is ostensibly about topic X, but is really about getting hammered, that's unfortunate. But almost all of the conferences I go to have technical talks, and then a cocktail hour/binge drinking session for networking. Or it's a meetup/user group meeting at a bar, in which case, those who are uncomfortable in bars should just not go. I dispute that drinking at conferences is "marginalizing a large group of people". I think there should be a balance, but ending the practice entirely is silly.