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by qu4z-2 2928 days ago
> women-only events and organizations. They are free to gather and support one another, just like we have association of <various groups>

I've have to admit I've never tried[0], but I don't imagine a men-only event or organization would be particularly well received. Even your guys-named-Smith group would probably be frowned upon if it ever got big enough to attract notice (assuming you're using "guys" in a gendered sense here).

The systemising/simple-consistent-rules part of me is irked by that, I'm not going to lie. I understand real life is never that simple, but maybe we could please pick one of "Explicitly gender-filtered groups are OK" or "are not OK"? My personal vote is "Are OK, but I will have no part of them".

[0]: And it would be a little silly to, since I'd probably have to exclude myself.