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Like so many things that men have been doing for longer than anybody can remember, it only looks weird when women start to do it. Women are tentatively – which is to say, in small numbers, not in attitude – embracing single-sex
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cheap jerseys online like the dinosaurs of clubbing – large, maladroit and maladapted, facing hostility all around, and not long for this world. Through a series of manoeuvres that mainly centred on improving the food, they have pulled through. Rupert Lendrum, the secretary of Buck's Club (PG Wodehouse modeled Drones on it, if you're interested in that sort of thing), modestly underlines that his isn't the only establishment
nike elite nfl jerseys that's thriving. "All the clubs in London, as far as I'm aware, are doing well. The appeal these places have - Whites, Turf, Brooks, that sort of thing – well, clearly there is an element that people like the aura of tradition, which a lot of us do in all walks of life. But along with that, the clubs themselves have upgraded the ways they deal with all sorts of things, whether that's the kitchen or
wholesale nfl jerseys the bar or the administration." The one thing few of them have upgraded is their policy on women, but as it transpires, that was only ever a problem for the people on the outside.So, let's say women are launching members' spaces of their own in the spirit of haven't-beaten-them-may-as-well-join-them: that, as a business proposition, would be reasonable enough. Emulating gentlemen's clubs doesn't seem remotely the point, however. A spokesperson for Grace Belgravia explained: "This is a thinking woman's club. Men's clubs were out-of-the-spotlight places, where men could get together, play cards, drink and eat to their hearts' content, talk about business and the things men talk about. What we are building is totally different – it's a
cheap stitched jerseys sorority for women." What does this mean, exactly? A lot of it, dispiritingly, is about healthy eating. I know – years and years of fighting over equality, contraception, work, pay, smashing the patriarchy, and we are still eating raw food for pleasure and having spa treatments. It makes no sense, but it's pointless to dwell. "We have an alcohol licence," Grace's person on the ground puts in. "But," I helpfully clarify, "women don't come here to get rat-arsed without all the hassle from him indoors?" "No, no, no."It's more that this, however – there's also a lot of
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