Sexist Fundraising Dinner at School

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My DC's school is holding a fundraising dinner ... for men only.

They are having several guest speakers (good ones who I would have loved to have seen/heard). They sent the letter to me, even though I'm a woman and can't go. S'rubbish isn't it?

AIBU to think it's a bit 1950s?

LOL at go anyway.

Tickets are £55 a knob. Includes dinner.

I'd like to send 10 of the rudest Mumsnetters. Perhaps Garry Lacey will be there?

or turn up in one of these

Encourage a number of DH's to go in drag....

If Alastair Campbell is there you could turn up in one of [[http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumb_362/1233781392MSxXq7.jpg these]

Dorothea, funnily enough I have one of those groucho Masks.

Well there you go, problem solved

'Sports dinners' probably seeing who can pee the highest.

I wish Grayson Perry had a child at the school

I would just apply for a ticket making clear on the form that you are a Mrs/Ms/Miss and see what happens next.

Nothing wrong with having men/women only events, we are not joined at the hip.

I would ask when they are planning on the women only dinner and what speakers will be there.

I'd be really pissed off at this. if it were Jeremy Clarkson speaking I might let it pass...(on principle it would be the same but I wouldn;t be able to summon up the energy to complain. and if I did I'd have to go). but those two?? no way and what the f has a sports dinner got to do with it? if it 's the School Dad's 11 annual dinner then maybe...but random speakers dinner: no way.

I'd write. and if I didn';t get anywhere I'd see if I could get clarkson, or perhaps some complete babe, (thinking version: Emily Maitlis, less Cherly Cole...) to a ladies only dinner. just to piss them all off.

Women get their nails done and men get to hear good speakers with dinner and wine?

ooh hatwoman, fab idea. OP, why not organize a women-only school fundraiser with a sexist dad's wet dream of a speaker list?

In your copious spare time, of course.

"We trust that ladies will understand" ?!?

I'd suggest a letter to the head suggesting that sorry, some of the ladies can't get their pretty little heads round this one, and would they mind explaining what they mean please?

[passive aggressively grinding my teeth emoticon]

Good grief. How insulting to say women (ladies ffs) can go and make themselves beautiful while the Dads get to hear interesting speakers.

Tossers.

Lovely idea.
Our old church did a similar thing - men's breakfast. Men often need an excuse like this to get together. Women don't tend to so much.

Ohh I'd love to go.

I'd love to drunkenly heckle gawp at AC.

Rory Bremner is a vere vere good after dinner speaker (have been to several of his charidddee do's) he can be rather risque perhaps they feel the ladies are a tad delicate?

Mind you dh would rather gouge his own eyeballs out than sit at a dinner with blokes hes hardly on polite nodding terms with

(he reckons he has enough friends already)

What a bunch of arse.

Ladies. Hmph.

I would not want to go to a pamper day (urgh urgh at both the term and the concept).

I would want to go and leer at Alasdair C instead.

What a crap parent assoc this must be.

My DS's primary school had a women only 70s night with karaoke and themed food (vol au vents!!). it was fantastic not having the Dads there. Everyone really let their hair down, wore outrageous costumes and got roaringly drunk. Can't wait for the 80s one soon (if I can just find my stripey leg warmers!). So let the men have their over priced dinner. Sounds like the kind of corporate dos my DH has to attend. I'd rather have pins stuck in my eyes....

I hate single sex anything. I don't get it. I don't particularly like all-female environments and resent being excluded from anything. Just because they have women's events does not make it OK, especially when the women's events are rubbish (Ooh, having my nails painted! How exciting and stimulating - NOT). I would make a fuss.

It's a fee paying school. Perhaps I should have said. I was a little embarrassed. I feel completely unable to complain. My teenage son thinks it's disgraceful too. The school admits girls in the sixth form - it sends a poor message to those girls I feel.