But what we have here is a club of friends who are married, not a club of which all married people are members.
Though equally, not all women frequent women-only spaces.
The married friends who socialize without single people are there in their capacity as friends, even if their single friends are excluded.
That feels a slightly gerrymandered standpoint: "The Lofty Bar is open to anyone more than 6'3" in height; but we're here to drink, not to exclude women!" Even if it genuinely never occurred to the Lofty Bar's owners that they were being exclusive, perhaps it should have?
But as to the main point - absolutely. It's a very flimsy thing, and not an argument at all, really - just a possible source of unease that might more profitably be eased than dismissed.
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Date: 2015-06-29 07:10 pm (UTC)Though equally, not all women frequent women-only spaces.
The married friends who socialize without single people are there in their capacity as friends, even if their single friends are excluded.
That feels a slightly gerrymandered standpoint: "The Lofty Bar is open to anyone more than 6'3" in height; but we're here to drink, not to exclude women!" Even if it genuinely never occurred to the Lofty Bar's owners that they were being exclusive, perhaps it should have?
But as to the main point - absolutely. It's a very flimsy thing, and not an argument at all, really - just a possible source of unease that might more profitably be eased than dismissed.