What do you feminists think about August National Golf Club?

Question

August National Golf Club is a higly prestigious private club with a very limited number of members...All of whom are men. In 2003, a feminist organization, with national support from feminists, launched a campaign to pressure the club into allowing female club members and the club refused, despite the enormous amount of financial pressure. Since the majority of feminists in YA seem to think that it is acceptable to provide preference for entrance to clubs to certain individuals based on their sex, what is your opinion of the Augusta incident? Are you consistent in your beliefs and do you believe that their sex-based qualifications are acceptable? Or do you believe that national feminist organizations erred in their efforts?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_National_Golf_Club#Membership

smoofus70: That's very nice that you have generalized your personal opinion onto others, but if you click on any of the questions pertinent to ladies-night, you'll find consistent excuses for permitting that brand of sexism. If, however, you believe that ladies-night is sexist, then you're excused from hypocrisy regarding this question.

smoofus70: By my count, 75% supported the sexist practice. But I notice that you only include "regulars", which allows you to filter out those that don't meet your demands (i.e. bias).

smoofus70: Here is a complete list (of regulars) based on Mike T's direct question (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ain4a7gcpVJnCxXd1pRfUxQYxgt.;_ylv=3?qid=20071217092946AAdU6xf):

Mrs. Mad Maddy
Tracey
bijou
omorris1978
kubebe
smoofus70
jt

Only Rio Madeira spoke out against it (she seems to be rather consistent in her thinking). Even though you say you opposed it in another question, in that question you dismissed it as unimportant, saying "Yes, it is sexist, but you should talk to the men who promote it. It's not a feminist thing". In other words, while you believe it's sexist, you don't believe it's something that needs to be addressed by feminists who supposedly believe in "equality". That's actually 88% of regular feminists who are in support of sexist club admissions as long as they favor women.

Answer 1

I will tell you the difference- night clubs are for-profit entities- They are private. They are owned by individuals.

The Augusta National Golf Club is a non profit, supposedly public benefit association. Organized under the laws of the US - since it is being given a tax benefit from our government it needs to operate under the laws. In essence it is owned by the public.

Answer 2

"Since the majority of feminists in YA seem to think that it is acceptable to provide preference for entrance to clubs to certain individuals based on their sex"

Please provide a list of all these feminists on GWS who support this. I know I certainly don't think it's acceptable.

edit: I looked at the questions and responses and most of the GWS regulars didn't say they supported it. Are you assuming that if a responders a female, they're automatically feminist?

edit: I filtered out the regulars because those are the posters I'm familiar with. If I don't know these other posters, I'm not going to make an assumption that they're feminists. How could I possibly what their politics are if I've never seen them before?

Answer 3

I can't get to the link in question, but in ALL of my posts on ladies nights, I said everyone should pay cover. I did say I thought it was a marketing gimmick, but considering that came AFTER I said everyone should pay cover, I don't understand how that means I agree with the practice.

EDIT
OK, found the post. I was wrong, I said it was a gimmick first, but I did agree that it was sexist.

"While I do agree it's sexist, it is a marketing gimmick. Honestly, just make everyone pay a reduced cover."

Answer 4

I believe in gender-specific bathrooms and locker rooms, and possibly some discussion groups, depending on what the discussion is. That's it. The golf club should let women in, and clubs should let women pay at all times.

Answer 5

I don't what the YA feminists think about the GPA, but I know they 'forgot' that the FGPA existed. Somehow, miraculously it just vanished from their mind that men were not allowed in the FGPA.

It's kinda like magic - one minute their sexism-detecting goggles are on & working ... but the next minute, they've VANISHED into thin air.

Of course, the binary on/off switch for these invisible goggles depends entirely on who THEY determine is 'suffering'.

Answer 6

I don't think about it. I don't like golf so I don't follow the tournaments nor do I care about what goes in in the clubs.

Answer 7

I would very much like to see a 'Gender & Men's Studies' category.