You would think that magicians, of all people, would appreciate a well-executed and harmless deception. More proof that no matter who you are, nobody likes being the butt of the trick...
milesrout•38m ago
Disagree that "justice is done". She lied her way in in the first place.
Why shouldn't private groups be permitted to be male-only? There are plenty of female-only groups out there.
As soon as a male space allows women in, its character changes. It is good that there are still spaces for men and spaces for women and mixed spaces, if you ask me.
schiffern•36m ago
A magician... lied? Well now I've heard everything!
It's a harmless deception. The Circle allowed women before kicking her out, so even at the time they agreed.
The Circle wanted to make a big self-congratulatory show of letting women join, and she made them look like fools, like the fools they are. I really think it's that simple, that small. Emotion and ego won out over calm reason.
scotty79•27m ago
You could say the same about the race but it sounds kind of racist.
kryptiskt•20m ago
The Magic Circle is selling itself as "the world's premier magic society", complete with titles. That's not a harmless men's club, excluding women from that makes it harder for them to make it as professional magicians.
As for the immorality of deceiving a bunch of professional magicians, spare me. Literally no harm was done.
koonsolo•11m ago
As long as the other sex also has the same opportunity to join a similar group, I agree.
But when there is no proper alternative for a man or woman to join a similar club, it's more about the exclusion of people with the same interest but happen to have the wrong sex.
mellosouls•44m ago
Its a shame it needed a female leader of the Magic Circle to make this happen. Neither the original story, the ridiculous, petulant response or long time to a resolution are a good look for the society.
l33tbro•38m ago
Exactly. It should have been a man who decided, who would have surely banished this imposter on the grounds of sedition and harlotry.
unsupp0rted•8m ago
Indeed. I wish the entirety of the Magic Circle were female from the start, to avoid discrimination of this sort.
Men should be moved to their own separate social and professional clubs, where they can't disenfranchise anybody.
Ferret7446•15m ago
I feel like people would have a different reaction to a man who tricked his way into a women-only social group.
schiffern•48m ago
You would think that magicians, of all people, would appreciate a well-executed and harmless deception. More proof that no matter who you are, nobody likes being the butt of the trick...
milesrout•38m ago
Why shouldn't private groups be permitted to be male-only? There are plenty of female-only groups out there.
As soon as a male space allows women in, its character changes. It is good that there are still spaces for men and spaces for women and mixed spaces, if you ask me.
schiffern•36m ago
It's a harmless deception. The Circle allowed women before kicking her out, so even at the time they agreed.
The Circle wanted to make a big self-congratulatory show of letting women join, and she made them look like fools, like the fools they are. I really think it's that simple, that small. Emotion and ego won out over calm reason.
scotty79•27m ago
kryptiskt•20m ago
As for the immorality of deceiving a bunch of professional magicians, spare me. Literally no harm was done.
koonsolo•11m ago
But when there is no proper alternative for a man or woman to join a similar club, it's more about the exclusion of people with the same interest but happen to have the wrong sex.