The Garrick Club

[bitchstewie]

This has been in the spotlight a little bit this week.

Garrick Club’s men-only members list reveals roll-call of British establishment

With Simon Case and the head of MI6 resigning their memberships today.

Quite literally the old boys network.

Edited by bhstewie on Wednesday 20th March 19:20

[bitchstewie]

vaud said:

Ridgemont said:

Hm. As very regularly and rightly pointed out by some of the liberal posters on here shurely their club, their rules?

It's not the point. It's the optics of leaders in Govt departments talking about equality and then attending a male only club with their peers.

I agree with both of you.

Their club their rules but if being "outed" as a member causes you resign your membership within 24 hours it might hint at the "optics" issue around what you're promoting in your dayjob v what you do when you think nobody is looking.

[bitchstewie]

Ridgemont said:

Sorry don’t get it: membership of the Garrick is not an equality issue. It’s a gentleman’s club in the same way the WI is for females only. It’s only an optics issue because some people want that changed. Membership of the Garrick does not make you a member of a misogynistic organisation. The Garrick has a policy. Like the MCC it may change that policy but if ‘optics’ are the driver then it’s all about ‘not a good look’. Well that’s very much up to the members to change and I suspect with Stephen Fry a member I have no doubt that that may become a thing (even if I disagree).
As to the resignees I don’t have an enormous amount of time for the likes of Simon Case who strikes me as a modern day Vicar of Bray..

Nothing to do with misogyny.

Think power and cosy little deals in smoke filled rooms and all those kinds of cliches.

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andy_s said:

I'm more worried that the head of one of our security services is concerned what the Guardian thinks, it's always been a quite neurotic paper, no different from The Mail in that respect really.

It's not just that.

Head of civil service and MI6 chief resign Garrick membership

[bitchstewie]

Quite amusing how many of their long standing members seem to have suddenly realised they've been in favour of admitting women all along right after the Guardian "outed" them as members