howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Guest 717- Registered: 16 Jun 2011
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Crikey! We'll see men knitting for the W.I before long!
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Brian Dixon
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cup cakes Helen cup cakes.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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interesting point helen, the inane harriet harperson called for a ban on male only strongholds but made no comment on the women's institute.
Guest 717- Registered: 16 Jun 2011
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Does that mean the Boy Scouts will sell cupcakes rather than the girl guides selling cookies?!
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Guest 717- Registered: 16 Jun 2011
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On another note was watching a programme the other day and they mentioned the good old dinner ladies...but what do u call them if it is a man?
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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good question Helen,i will refrain from answering that one.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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this is all rather worrying, on a lighter note the article states that ian duncan-smith is a member of a gentleman's club that goes under the name of "pratts".
the founder was clearly a visionary.
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Members' clubs are private establishments, not businesses. Whom they admit should be entirely up to them.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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2 points here peter.
a) private establishments still apply the smoking ban and all other laws.
b) muirfield together with other leading golf clubs is quite happy to take money off of women to let them in to major events.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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Dinner Laddie?
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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A. They don't have to unless they admit guests.
B. Proves that those women are not concerned, otherwise they would not be handing over their hard earned to a bastion of male chauvinist piggery.
For the record, I disagree with men-only clubs and would never join one. But it's an area where Nanny State ought to butt out.
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Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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From another thread.................
Women-free golf clubs? Some of us rather like them, says boss of the Royal and Ancient
R&A chief executive Peter Dawson defended Muirfield's men-only policy ahead of British Open
The head of golf's governing body has said that excluding women from clubs is not sexist,
but part of "a way of life that [some people] rather like".......Don`t tell the Labour party..................... -
Keith Sansum1
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All seems a bit out of date how they operate
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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there should be more men only clubs.inner sancturary of peace and quite from a nagging woman.
Guest 717- Registered: 16 Jun 2011
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Coming from a woman it really does not bother me. Boys need to be boys sometimes just as much as gals need each other. Lets not forget about all the good charity work the Free Masons do.
Ps. Brian, as I always tell me other half. If he did what I asked in the first place I would not need to nag
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Freemsons Helen? your opening a can of worms there
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Guest 714- Registered: 14 Apr 2011
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Peter is spot on, a private members club is exactly that.
Jan Higgins
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Helen, not just the boys
http://www.owf.org.uk/
I have no problem with social clubs or groups that want to remain only male or female. I am not so happy when a sport that is played by so many from both sexes (like golf) is involved. Can you imagine the shouts of horror if men were banned from playing at an all female club.
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Guest 714- Registered: 14 Apr 2011
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Jan, why would anybody want to go somewhere they're not welcome?