Part of me thinks this is BS, and I do think all male clubs should be abolished. There are a few left here, at Harvard.
But, another part of me, the old fashioned part, likes the idea of a dress code at certain establishments. In this case, the dress code issue is intertwined with a sexist issue. What would you think if it was some other type of place that had a dress code? Of course, I was the parent that made my kids dress up for religious school until finally, they wore me down after 5-6 years. But, it paid off, when another mom told me that my then 15 year old son was the only male student who came to a night time performance of a Shakespeare play in Boston, wearing a sports coat and tie...