night clubs ban young men (and very young women)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/trends/trends-features/more-nightclubs-saying-no-young-men-allowed/article2174905/

Some of the country’s hottest clubs, including Toronto’s Muzik, Maison Mercer and Pravda Vodka Bar; Ottawa’s Velvet Room and Montreal’s Candi Bar practice such ageism. Obviously drinking establishments are allowed to cultivate a convivial atmosphere – Canada is not a despotic state after all – but blanket discrimination directed toward an entire demographic is, well, surprising in this PC age.

Muzik, whose management was unavailable for comment, seeks a mature crowd and (according to its website) restricts men under 25 and women under 21. It’s Mr. Zakaria’s experience that in many cases “it seems as though they are willing to forgo the rule if it is a girl.” Other bars in Toronto known for their age policies include Century Room (21+) and sister club Maison, where they have recently begun to only accept patrons 25 years or older.

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D - I have worked at a bar for a decade.
And am 40. So am of 2 minds on this.
There ARE tendencies that come with young men that make me avoid bars full of them.
And yes, very young women ought to be avoided for comparable reasons too.

But yeah, I guess it is discrimination.
Unless, I suppose, we count 'youth only' events as being versus older people.

Any time I talk about ageism, folks default to the assumption I'm talking about old people.