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Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum tossed a lawsuit alleging ladies? nights at nightclubs discriminate against men out of federal court in Manhattan on Monday. She said nightclubs can price their products as they wish because they?re not acting as representatives of the state.

By Ann Bartow

Story here. It somewhat creepily notes:”The nightclubs said the prices charged to men aren’t so burdensome that they amount to denying them entry and male customers actually might benefit from ladies’ nights because so many women attend.”

For an uncomfortable thought exercise, decide how you feel about all this, and then contemplate how your views of this situation might (or might not) change if the admissions or drink price differential was linked to race rather then gender.

–Ann Bartow

Full post as published by Feminist Law Professors on September 30, 2008 (boomark / email).