# Nudist resort denying acommodation to single men - discrimination? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 20, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudist-resort-denying-acommodation-to-single-men-discrimination/493738 "2009-04-20T16:32:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudist-resort-denying-acommodation-to-single-men-discrimination/493738/21 "2009-04-21T19:08:29Z")
Another thought that just occurred to me, which throws a monkey wrench into the works. They say they cater to women and couples - but they don’t say straight couples. Wonder if they would allow a gay male couple? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudist-resort-denying-acommodation-to-single-men-discrimination/493738/22 "2009-04-21T19:17:43Z")
I think, in the interest of fighting ignorance, that one of us (males) needs to try and book a room to see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![ClintPhoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9bd4f/32.png) [@ClintPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ClintPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudist-resort-denying-acommodation-to-single-men-discrimination/493738/23 "2009-04-21T19:22:41Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Well in that case, the law is set up so you are not **allowed** to serve alcohol to a person who is already intoxicated, - it’s not a choice. That’s how it is here in California anyway, as it was explained to me when I worked in a restaurant. But it’s not just alcohol - they could choose not to serve him coffee or anything at all. The reason is that level of sobriety is not a prohibited ground of discrimination, but gender is a prohibited ground. Discrimination isn’t illegal in itself, it’s discrimination on specific bases that is. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudist-resort-denying-acommodation-to-single-men-discrimination/493738/24 "2009-04-21T19:36:59Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > There’s also no reason to think that a single guy is more prone to be predatory than a non-single guy. But there’s every reason to suppose that a non-single guy in the _company of his partner_ will be less predatory than a single guy. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudist-resort-denying-acommodation-to-single-men-discrimination/493738/25 "2009-04-21T19:39:21Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > But there’s every reason to suppose that a non-single guy in the _company of his partner_ will be less predatory than a single guy. Solution: allow single guys in if they’re accompanied by a parent. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudist-resort-denying-acommodation-to-single-men-discrimination/493738/26 "2009-04-22T01:10:39Z")
I think there’s a misconception about why single guys aren’t allowed. If they were, it would create a market for prostitution. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mesquite-oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudist-resort-denying-acommodation-to-single-men-discrimination/493738/27 "2009-04-22T07:37:15Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > there’s no initiation, nomination, seconding, blackballing, etc. You suggest that there is no blackballing at a nudist resort. I believe that they (black balls) would be part of a protected class. ---
**Author:** ![vasantnelson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vasantnelson/32/17287_2.png) [@vasantnelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vasantnelson)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudist-resort-denying-acommodation-to-single-men-discrimination/493738/28 "2024-07-28T02:11:04Z")
Well how is that the single guys’ fault? ---
**Author:** ![vasantnelson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vasantnelson/32/17287_2.png) [@vasantnelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vasantnelson)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudist-resort-denying-acommodation-to-single-men-discrimination/493738/29 "2024-07-28T02:13:04Z")
Any of you who agree that not allowing single men in is discrimination are right. It’s extremely sexist too. I mean DO THEY NO HOW HARD IT IS TO GET DATES IN TODAY’S WORLD?! And how is a non-single man any less likely to ogle beautiful women? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudist-resort-denying-acommodation-to-single-men-discrimination/493738/30 "2024-07-28T02:23:44Z")
1.You think nudist resorts are for getting dates? 2. You can’t get a date without taking your clothes off? ---
**Author:** ![vasantnelson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vasantnelson/32/17287_2.png) [@vasantnelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vasantnelson)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudist-resort-denying-acommodation-to-single-men-discrimination/493738/31 "2024-07-28T02:25:44Z")
No. I’m saying that just because a man who decides to go to the resort is single, that doesn’t mean he’s just there to ogle. I’m single, and I’d like to go to a nude beach to get a full body tan. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudist-resort-denying-acommodation-to-single-men-discrimination/493738/32 "2024-07-28T02:27:09Z")
That can be done at home, or (if you have to), a nude beach. ---
**Author:** ![vasantnelson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vasantnelson/32/17287_2.png) [@vasantnelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vasantnelson)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudist-resort-denying-acommodation-to-single-men-discrimination/493738/33 "2024-07-28T02:29:51Z")
All I’m saying is it is discrimination to not allow single men to the resort. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudist-resort-denying-acommodation-to-single-men-discrimination/493738/34 "2024-07-28T02:41:55Z")
Been there, done that, seen the result…and sadly agreed when the single men were banished. If you want to live in the real world, you basically have two choices: 1. Let the single men in and turn the resorts into meat markets. 2. Ban the single men. Pick one. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudist-resort-denying-acommodation-to-single-men-discrimination/493738/35 "2024-07-28T03:29:07Z")
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