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Originally posted by Steeltrap
I'm also not understanding this. A golf club isn't exactly an essential institution, unlike education or employment. Yes, it may have symbolic meaning, but maybe all that energy should be directed at ensuring equal opportunity in the economic and educational areas.
Just a few thoughts.
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While I agree that there are far more important things to focus this kind of energy on, it is true that depending on your profession, many many deals are made on the golf course. This is one of the subtle ways that women are cut out of certain business deals. It may not be a make or break kind of thing but it does have professional life implications for some. (Another popular place for deals to be made that is not always talked about are strip clubs
, seriously.)
Shoot, when I was in law school, all of the young Black guys got together and started learning how to play golf. Why? Not cuz they loved the sport, but because they know that around here, that is where the male lawyers do a great deal of networking. Now, even though I may be allowed at the club, doesn't mean I would be nvited to join the fellas for 9 holes of golf and that is why I think there are definitely more important things to focus on at this point. Better to work on the mindset that would exclude me than the club. (Not that i think this is the pro women golfers concern in the first place)