<p>This seems to contradict what a number of you have been saying.</p>
<p>BTW, I am not a golfer, but I’ve worked for companies where golf outings were a major activity in courting customers. And I really think it is disingenuous to deny that membership in clubs, especially exclusive clubs, has an effect on business opportunities.</p>
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<p>I seem to recall reading that the vast majority of Americans are employed by small companies. And small companies simply do not have those policies.</p>
<p>Skyhook I think you misread what I wrote. I do not feel I faced “white” discrimination. I think my boss was more comfortable choosing someone else for the job.</p>
<p>One week a year they hold a wonderful golf tournament on a beautiful golf course and we all get to watch through the wonder of television. What they do with their membership rolls during the 51 weeks of the year when us normal people can’t even see the course is up to them.</p>
<p>I love the Masters, and I love Augusta. What the private club does in terms of choosing members isn’t my business, though. Of course, I belong to a sorority, which might cloud my perception. It’s nice that they decided to invite a couple females to join, but I would have continued to attend the Masters regardless. After all, they did let me in through the front gate …</p>
<p>If everything was equal, we would have an equal number of men and women in the police force, in fire fighting units as well as in combat.
But in case you haven’t noticed women are designed differently. Are women even allowed to perform in most active combat roles in the US?</p>
They did this way back in the 20th century, more or less.</p>
<p>Here’s NOW’s position on the draft:</p>
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BE IT RESOLVED, that NOW opposes the reinstatement of registration and draft for both men and women. NOW’s primary focus on this issue is on opposition to registration and draft. However, if we cannot stop the return to registration and draft, we also cannot choose between sisters and brothers. We oppose any registration or draft that excludes women as an unconstitutional denial of rights to both young men and women. And we continue to oppose all sex discrimination by the volunteer armed services.</p>
<p>Women aren’t allowed to perform in active combat roles because there is still hand-wringing over letting sweet, dainty women die. As a woman, I think it’s ridiculous. Do I support women being drafted, if the draft is reinstated? Yes. Women’s lives are precious, but so are men’s lives.</p>
<p>Also, if they drafted single women, they would be less pressed to have to draft fathers. Meaning less kids losing parents. (Obviously mothers should also be excluded.)</p>
<p>People are afraid that female soldiers will be raped and killed. As if males cannot also be raped. And killed. </p>
<p>Women are ALWAYS raped and killed in wars. In droves. But they usually aren’t carrying a gun with which to defend themselves. Perhaps some of the guys have a hard time dealing with the idea of a woman who can blow you away, rather than just scream.</p>
<p>Of course, to date, female American soldiers seem to be more in danger of being raped by their so-called comrades than by the enemy.</p>
<p>I am strongly opposed to the draft, but if anyone is drafted, everyone should be. (Except, perhaps, fathers and mothers.) If more of the powers that be had, as CC people like to say, “skin in the game,” they might hesitate to send people abroad to die.</p>
It’s nice that they decided to invite a couple females to join, but I would have continued to attend the Masters regardless. After all, they did let me in through the front gate …</p>