May 17, 2007

Sounds Illegal To Me

Imagine the uproar if a hotel set aside a special floor for men, with special amenities not available to female guests. There would, of course, be an uproar. Under civil rights law, the hotel would be forced to end the discriminatory practice.

The same thing should happen here.

Among the amenities planned for this city's new JW Marriott hotel, one might be a first in America.

The Alticor-owned riverfront hotel is reserving its 19th floor and a lounge exclusively for female clientele when it opens Sept. 19.

Andrea Groom, a spokeswoman for the 24-story, 340-room hotel, said the idea recognizes more than half of all business travelers are women.

"A lot of women are saying they're not feeling like they're safe when they're traveling to a strange city," she said. "They don't necessarily want to go down to a lounge and feel like they are getting hit on by guys."

The women-only rooms also will have amenities not found in other rooms, such as chenille throw blankets, ionic hair dryers, jewelry holders and special bath products.

Access to those rooms will come at a $25 to $30 per night premium over standard rates of about $229.

If this is allowed to stand, every sex discrimination law in the country needs to be repealed, for it will be clear that they fall short of the requirement that they provide equal protection of the law.

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