My opinion is that you could hold a blacks only event, a gays only event, and a women only event and probably get away with it. But if you held a whites only event, a straights only event, or a men only event, you'd be in trouble. Some types of discrimination are more acceptable than others. Which leaves a lot of us feeling there's very much a double standard when it comes to discrimination, even though we're told that any type of discrimination is evil and against the law.

I'll admit I'm not interested in grabbing my pitchfork and torches and storming the theater. 

But excluding men was discrimination and both the columnist and the men who objected to the discrimination had valid complaints. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.