There are men-only clubs, women-only gyms and an array of other facilities that operate on the basis of being exclusive to one gender. New South Wales man Jason Lau visited Hobart's Museum of Old and New Art in April last year and was refused entry to the Ladies Lounge, and made a complaint that was referred to the Tasmanian Civil …
Walking around Coogee Beach in Sydney's east, the low-fuss entrance to McIver's Ladies Baths is easy to miss. While the remit of many of these organisations has expanded over the decades to include men, Lumby says she sees no problem with continuing the tradition of women-only spaces, "because it's not a zero-sum game". "It's measures that are designed to advance …