Why don’t you join the WI?

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The WI are asking non members why they haven’t joined.

I know people here don’t agreed with their gender diversity policy so thought it was a good opportunity to feed ib

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Is this the same form? I have just completed it too.

I’ve just done it 😀😀

Done, thanks

I wanted to join the WI but mine are literally members who are 70 years +.

There needs to be more for younger people.

I got to the long description of the WI and the yes/no response to ‘based on this description would you join?’ and gave up.

I literally cannot be bothered with poorly designed surveys that guide you into meaningless responses that tell them nothing meaningful.

Done. Hate the phrase 'all women'. Just women. When anyone say 'all women' you know they're including the male kind of women.

My mum is in WI and I've been to the art class they run each week in the village. Yes everyone was at least 20-30 years older than me except one person but it was good fun. The ladies were so naughty and are there for tea and cake. I actually really enjoyed a couple of hours not on my phone and just doing something creative.

My mum always seems to really enjoy it.

Ours meets at 2 pm on a week day.

Ours is all people my mums age and again they meet 2pm on a weekday!
I speak to the lady who runs it a lot and never once has she said "come along"!! They can't be that desperate!

They are desperate as their members (don't mean this horribly) are getting less and less. I think it being for older women and them being quite clicky puts people off.

There's one by me who set a WI up for younger women who meet up from 7-9 but sadly 45 minute drive away

Oh that felt good. Thank you. Load of disingenuous manipulative twaddle.

Done, thank you. I would really like to join my local one, but they've just had a lecture about gender inclusivity which has totally put me off. The advert in the village newsletter was all 'be kind' and I don't feel like being kind about men in women's groups.

Entirely because of their stance on sex and gender. I want to spend my evening socialising with women, not people who are biological men. I was hounded out of my WI over this.

done, but did manage to choose 'Other' on one of the questions and put TWAW i do not agree

Im tempted to join my local one to see if there are any trans, be a spy on the inside

Done. Thanks for the opportunity! I even offered to join a focus group but no doubt wanting a women-only organisation rules me out!!

Why would it matter if there were any "trans" (I assume you mean people, not fat or Siberian Express)? The issue is that it's for women, not for men.

Does anyone have a link to the relevant policy that's been mentioned above? Thanks.

Responded and given my thoughts, thanks for the link.

I was a member of a local WI a few years ago (helped set it up in fact), we were one of the younger urban WI's when it was sort of fashionable. As a committee we found it a lot of work organising the meetings and the procedures of the national organisation were incredibly bureaucratic, lots of paperwork, everything had to be paid by cheque. We folded after a few years as it was just too much work alongside work and family.

I wouldn't want to pay membership now for an organisation that is no longer single sex.

I've said I wot join because it's for women and men

*won't

Done, and forwarded to another woman. Thanks.

I notice that the word transwomen doesn't appear until near the end of the survey.

Completed it unambiguously.

Because I'm under 60, not religious and don't make a lot of jam.

To be fair there can only be younger members of younger people join.

I am a member and I’m in my mid thirties, but I’m the youngest in my group by 20 years