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Ladies Lounge: Judge finds Mona's women-only art exhibit is legal
A Tasmanian court has overturned an anti-discrimination ruling that shut down the Ladies Lounge.
www.bbc.com
A controversial women’s-only museum exhibit could soon re-open in Australia, after an appeal judge overturned a ruling that it breached anti-discrimination laws.
The luxurious Ladies Lounge at the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Hobart had sought to highlight historic misogyny by banning male visitors from entering.
It was forced to shut in May when one affected patron sued the gallery for gender discrimination and won.
But on Friday, Tasmanian Supreme Court Justice Shane Marshall found that men could be excluded from the Ladies Lounge, because the law allows for discrimination if it promotes “equal opportunity” for a marginalised group.
"(The Ladies Lounge provides) women with a rare glimpse of what it is like to be advantaged rather than disadvantaged," he said.
Kirsha Kaechele, the artist who created the exhibit, called the ruling a "big win".
“It took 30 seconds for the decision to be delivered - 30 seconds to quash the patriarchy,” she said in a statement.
“Today’s verdict demonstrates a simple truth: women are better than men.”
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