You wrote: Wherever you look, pesky facts suggest that far from being hindered by their sex, women reap benefits galore. Really? What benefits did Senator Clinton reap from the media saying:

"When she comes on television I involuntarily cross my legs," "she-devil," she's "the psycho ex-girlfriend of the Democratic party," "castrating, overbearing and scary," "what's wrong with her? You mean besides the PMS and the mood swings?", "Sister Frigidaire," "ding dong the witch is dead," "her cackle," male politicians supporting Clinton are "castratos in the eunuch chorus," "she's trying to run away from this tough, kind of bitchy image," "she's alternately soppy and bitchy," "she needs a radio-controlled shock collar so that aides can zap her when she starts to get screechy," the discussions about her cleavage, the "iron my shirts" event at the Hillary rally that commentators laughed about, "some women are called a bitch because they are one," "Mrs. Clinton ran almost like a Republican, and she really ran like a man. And in the end, it could be said that that's what really did damage to this historic campaign by a woman", "Evita", while discussing Hillary as possible VP "but would she OBEY him? Would she be subservient?", repeatedly referring to SENATOR Obama and MRS. Clinton, the congressman that said "like Glenn Close, she should have stayed in the tub", and Air America's Randi Rhodes at an Obama fundraiser saying that "Hillary is a f-ing whore."

Many more examples can be found in the Youtube video, "Bitch/Mad as Hell."

Of course, there's also: "Let's not forget--and I'll be brutal--the reason she's a U.S. senator, the reason she's a candidate for president, the reason she may be a front-runner is her husband messed around. That's how she got to be senator from New York. We keep forgetting it. She didn't win there on her merit. She won because everybody felt, 'My God, this woman stood up under humiliation,' right? That's what happened."

Sorry Heather "sweetie," I just don't see how this benefits any woman.

Regarding the past differences in "grill room" amenities between the men's and women's locker rooms at Phoenix Country Club, there is a simple explanation for this other than discrimination towards women members at the club. A friend of ours recently spared no expense building a high-end private golf club, complete with gorgeous locker room facilities in a simple but elegant clubhouse. But the "men's lounge" area is much larger and more elaborate than the women's. The reason is because decades of experience showed that men and women tend to use these spaces differently. Male golf members tend to hang out together after a round of golf, having a sandwich and playing some cards, watching a sporting event on TV or just shooting the breeze over a beer.

By comparison, women tend to go into their locker room to change their shoes, touch up their hair and maybe freshen their makeup. Then they quickly move on to socialize and get a bite to eat in other spaces at the club--getting a bite to eat on the patio or in the dining room or relaxing with friends in the parlor-like sitting room. So, our friends built beautiful locker room areas tailored to the needs and interests of both sexes--but those facilities look VERY different in scale and scope, reflecting the distinct, well-documented behavioral patterns of how
male vs. female club members tend to utilize a clubhouse.

No doubt the New York Times can find a few women golfers who would prefer to use their locker rooms in the ways that men golfers are prone to do. My guess is that if such women golfers were the norm, every private golf club--to attract new members--would offer women's locker rooms meals served in lounge areas with tables and cushy sofas facing big-screen TV sets. That's the way market forces work. But most clubs don't do this, precisely because most women do not want this.