Reply #116: I disagree with you also even as a feminist [View All]

[Nikia]

I joined a sorority in college and barring quitting, I wll always be a member of my sorority. My sorority was founded by a group of women which included a woman who tried to join a male fraternity. Her response, with her friends, was to start her own organization. My sorority as are most college Greek organizations is a secret society. We have secret rituals and secret knowledge. We don't think of it as a religion, but yes, it is a Zoroastarian infused religion.
I appreciate the chance to belong to an all female secret society. I have benefitted from that aspect. I think that men should be able to have all male fraternal societies also.
I don't know if there are secret societies for adult women who did not join a college organization that are nonreligious (in the traditional sense anyway)and mainstream like Masons. Perhaps, we should start one.
I don't think that Masons are a huge power elite, at least in most communities. There are usually as powerful, if not more powerful organizations open to people regardless of gender in most areas. If there were not, I would see your point.
Yes, people do often prefer those who they associate with or share a common association. It does seem unfair, but we cannot legislate that. Living in a small town in a state where I did not live until college, I face barriers of association since these people favor people who have lived in this town their whole life and went to high school with them. Aren't my civil rights being violated in this way too?