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Originally posted by MissEm
There are secret societies for women but we are better secret keepers about them. There is a women's version of the free masons, and various other groups. Most of the Yale societies are now coed as well. The bilderbergers are not strictly a male society, ifluential people of both sexes are members. Groups such as the illuminati and the knights templar also have female members now. In the case of the illuminati they believe that Mary Magdalene and Jesus had a child together and were in fact married. Just some trivia that I've picked up from being a history buff.
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In the United States, there are women Freemasons organized under the banner of 'co-masonry' (where both men and women are accepted) and women-only Masonic organizations. Neither of them are recognized by the exclusively male Masonic fraternity, at least in the United States.
The Order of the Eastern Star is open to the female members of a Master Mason, and to Master Masons in good standing. While they require Masonic affiliation for membership, they are not part of the Masonic fraternity.
In England (but not in Scotland), Masons belonging to the United Grand Lodge of England may not join the OES, nor is OES allowed in England. However, they do have two active groups of female Masons, the Order of Women Freemasons and the Honourable and Ancient Fraternity of Women Freemasons (HFAF).
Knights Templar appear in many flavors today; the most commonly seen KTs in the United States are the Masonic Knights Templar (of which I am a member). It's possible that other groups using the 'Knight Templar' name do accept women.
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