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4. It is a private club

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 02:20 PM

Jun 2016

located on private property. They can include or exclude anyone they want for any reason they want.

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No women need apply: Yacht club's men-only policy rankles [View all] niyad Jun 2016 OP

"How do I explain this to my daughters" gratuitous Jun 2016 #1

... Crepuscular Jun 2016 #2

How is this legal??? harrose Jun 2016 #3

It is a private club RantinRavin Jun 2016 #4

Really? That shouldn't be legal. harrose Jun 2016 #6

There's nothing stopping you from opening up your own club The2ndWheel Jun 2016 #8

i agree with you 100% obamanut2012 Jun 2016 #20

I agree about private clubs. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2016 #11

Because it's a private club. A HERETIC I AM Jun 2016 #10

As a sailor and yacht club member this is insane. FLPanhandle Jun 2016 #5

I belong to the PrimeTimers Organization, Blue Dalek Jun 2016 #9

Just like the KKK. Private club with restrictions. TeamPooka Jun 2016 #13

Ha ha! The only thing that gets burned Blue Dalek Jun 2016 #16

Some people just don't belong. Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2016 #15

. . . . niyad Jun 2016 #17

I think I'd rather spend my time thinking about the issues poor women face struggle4progress Jun 2016 #18

sexism is disgusting at any income level. niyad Jun 2016 #19

We should triage our problems: 15% of the US lives below the poverty line struggle4progress Jun 2016 #22

Curves gyms are open only to women. Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #21