Hi, Deb,
> I'm certainly not going to stop you from excluding men from your chapter
> meetings. I will not exclude them from the online forums, but I can see
> situations in which face-to-face meetings may be improved by enforcing
> an all-women rolecall.
>
> So, if you wish to exclude men from your chapter meetings, I think
> that's fair.
For better or for worse, I don't think it's legal to do so. This was
discussed heavily by Webgrrls a couple of years ago, and the conclusion that
was reached was that we, ourselves, could be sued for discrimination. This
applies only to the U.S., of course. (Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and
I am merely passing on other people's opinions/conclusions).
FWIW, we had three men at the first "official" Triangle (Raleigh/Durham,
NC) meeting. Two were the sensitive, constructive type that, IMHO, are part
of the solution. One was the CMOTW. Our speaker asked if "anyone else has a
question" before I had to, thankfully. He came with his SO, and she was
silent for the entire meeting.
I don't know what the solution is, but I sure don't want to exclude the first
two guys, or one other who was at our organizational meeting and helped with
publicity.
Regards,
Caity
(in one of her brief lucid moments between being really ill this morning :( )
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