Garrick Club and Women’s Institute swapping members would benefit society

The Garrick Club in London. ‘Why would women want to join a club when 40% of its members still wish to exclude them?’ Photograph: Reuters

One Garrick Club member is quoted as saying that he will immediately apply to join the Women’s Institute (‘No longer remotely defensible’: Garrick’s decision to admit women shows times have changed, 7 May). Wouldn’t it be wonderful if their memberships could swap en masse? The Women’s Institute could run the elite organs of state and the Garrick could devote its talents to local communities. I would prefer that kind of society.
Neil Hanson
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

• There is only one reason that the outmoded and misogynistic Garrick Club continued to exist: men continued to join. I’m bored by those very same men now telling me what a good thing they did by voting to let women in.
Polly Bissett
Lundy Island, Devon

• Why would women want to join a club when 40% of its members still wish to exclude them (Garrick Club votes to accept female members for first time, 7 May)?
Alistair Gregory
Burton in Lonsdale, North Yorkshire

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