Sorry, but I wanted to post a story, so I just opened this thread.
Scream at me if ya want.

Anyway...
[URL]http://www.globalsurfnews.com/news.asp?Id_news=28713[/URL]

Kinda short, so I'll just post the article (especially since some will have difficulty scrolling down to the article :) ):

"[B]Italy opens first women only beach[/B]

[B]Surfersvillage Global Surf News[/B], 29 June, 2007 : - - Italy's long-standing tradition of male chauvinism has been delivered a bitter blow with the opening of the country's first women-only beach. Visitors to Beach no 134 on the 50-mile stretch of coastline linking Rimini to Riccione on the Adriatic coast are welcomed with a large sign of a macho man covered with a pink cross saying "No Men".

The sandy beach, which is also closed to children, has been dubbed the "Pink Beach". Its opening was attended by the newly-anointed Lara Croft model Karima Adebibe, promoting the Tomb Raider Anniversary for Eidos Interactive, the video games publisher. The man ban is accompanied by a restriction on loud disco music and traditional beach food such as deep-fried squid and chips.

Healthy salads and fresh fish make up the beach club menus, while lessons in deportment, manicures, pedicures, keep-fit classes and cookery lessons from a well-known chef are the order of the day. While fitness instructors and the beach DJs are all women, the rules have been broken for one lucky male specimen - in the lifeguard chair.
Fausto Ravaglia, the owner of the beach and the businessman behind the idea to ban men, said: "The lifeguard must be a man. You clearly need a man to save women in the sea. It's a question of muscles." Calling it a "beach harem", Italian newspaper La Stampa said the woman-only beach reflected a growing demand for female rights in Italy. "

How many "Men only" beaches are there in Italy?

Looks like Italy is following America's footsteps:
Fight bigotry and discrimination with more bigotry and discrimination.

Humanity is just plain STUPID!

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]Thanks for starting it off, I'll sticky -de-sticky. -Toll[/COLOR]