Gender-equality? Not in Italy, where a beach has now been declared "men free" - bar a hairdresser and a lifeguard:
"Italy’s long-standing tradition of male chauvinism has been delivered a bitter blow with the opening of the country’s first women-only beach.If a similar sort of area was declared "women free", complete with a sign with a cross over an image of a woman, the outcry would be huge. Gender equality, it seems, only goes one way.
Visitors to Beach no 134 on the 50-mile stretch of coastline linking Rimini to Riccione on the Adriatic coast are welcomed with a large sign of a macho man covered with a pink cross saying "No Men".
The sandy beach, which is also closed to children, has been dubbed the "Pink Beach"...
The man ban is accompanied by a restriction on loud disco music and traditional beach food such as deep-fried squid and chips. " (The Telegraph)
This is an utterly revoting idea. Equality means equality, where people are treated the same, regardless of gender - the sort of thing which a women-only beach blatantly contravenes. Whilst I understand the idea and reasoning behind the idea, its execution is wrong. There should be no public area of this nature where sexual discrimination is practiced - for that is what this is.
Source: The Telegraph, The Times
