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It’s spring time in Georgia. While millions of Americans tune in to CBS this weekend to watch the Masters Tournament, one of the premier golfing events in the country, the National Council of Women’s Organizations (NCWO) will be standing outside Augusta??s gates, protesting the exclusion of women from the golf club’s membership ranks...
...argument that by hosting the Masters and selling the broadcast rights to a major TV network, the club is no longer “private” in the sense that it keeps its activities to itself, and instead has the moral imperative to allow women as members. Because Augusta??s membership includes some of the most prominent men in the country, the NCWO believes that the prohibition of female members sends a message that American society does not welcome women into the powerful leadership circles that exist outside of the boardroom...
Unlike Georgia, spring has not quite sprung in Cambridge. But Harvard does have something that should be drawing women’s groups to protest like they are at Augusta??a system of private men’s clubs that welcome male undergraduates as members while dismissing any women who desire to join. The argument for the continued presence of the final clubs at Harvard and the hands-off stance that the University has towards them is similar to Augusta??s; as private organizations they have no obligation to open themselves to women...
While Augusta National’s regulations are perfectly legal, the club’s exclusion of women preserves the tradition of limiting golf clubs—and the related schmoozing at places like Augusta??exclusively to men. At Augusta, if women are present, they are only there as guests. This undermines efforts to diversify the corporate elite: even if women and men work together in the board room, the deals made on Augusta??s golf course and in its back rooms are largely made between men. Essentially, the personal relationships forged between members...
Levy called Augusta??s policies “egregious” and said she was “very disappointed” to see Harvard’s name on the list—www.augustadiscriminates.org...