Should men-only private members' clubs still exist?

This position holds that people may associate privately with whom they choose. On this view a club formed and funded by its own members, conferring no public office or service, may set its own membership, and single-sex company has a value of its own.

This position holds that such clubs should not continue. On this view they are where influence and business are exchanged, so excluding women withholds opportunity rather than company, and their rules state formally who is counted as a peer.