boys clubs
Male youth groups
Boys clubs are organizations or spaces dominated by men, often with the implication that women are excluded or unwelcome.
Originally referring to youth organizations for male children, the phrase now typically appears critically: The tech industry is still a boys club.
The connotation suggests informal networks where men advance each other's interests while freezing out women.
Also spelled boys' clubs or boy's clubs.
- fraternitiesMale collegiate social organizations
- secret societyCovert fraternal organization
- locker roomsSpaces with personal storage
- locker room talkCrude speech among men
- exclusiveLimited to one group
membership · brotherhood · inner circle · treehouse · scouts · secret handshake · no girls allowed · initiation · hazing · camaraderie · elite · privilege · glass ceiling · networking · power brokers · smoke-filled rooms · gatekeeping · bonding
- Boys Educationmale students, single-sex education
boys clubsGirl Scouts
American youth organization for girls
sororities · all-girls schools · women's groups · women's organizations · women's networks
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