"Good Ale, Raw Onions and No Ladies," was the motto of McSorley's Old Ale House in Manhattan for more than 100 years.
In 1970, a lawsuit by the National Organization for Women forced McSorley's to open its doors to customers of both sexes.
What's you feeling about male-only taverns?
**Crikey, maybe this should have gone in "The Pub?"**
In the U.K in some parts of the Country there are some working men's clubs and private clubs that still allocated bars within the clubs as men only. Many women respect this although they could actually by law use these bars. The reason the bars are set up this way is so men can use swear words and such like without causing offense to any ladies.
Again not explained well in many drinking establishments in the U.K we have separate bars or rooms Like lounge bar, public bar etc unlike in the U.S. where a bar is often just one single area.
Why not leave them to it? Question for the girls; Would you really want to mingle with the type of crowd that would shun you and rather you go somewhere else, unless it's for being an IRL troll of course...
That said, I'm not a fan of them at all. The only reason I'd go to one would be curiosity to see what kind of people actually stay in these places.
I appreciate that it does seem a little silly to effectively cut your customer base in half...
That being said, I think it should be entirely up to the owner of the establishment as to what kind of business he wants to run and they shouldn't be penalised for their choices.
Just as some places may exclude women, others don't accomodate families. You just find somewhere else to go.
What I really, really fail to understand, is why anyone would file a law suit over this. If I'd been around I'd have told them to find some other way to entertain themselves.
I wonder how many women actually frequented this place afterwards.
