San Francisco Spa Defends Push for ‘Phallus-Free Environment’

Archimedes Banya, a Russian bathhouse in San Francisco, released a statement on March 3 announcing that it would have two distinct “women’s nights” as an effort to “honor both our commitment to inclusivity and the needs of religious and cultural communities who require gender-segregated spaces.” Henceforth, one day of the month will feature an “Inclusive Women’s Night” that is “open to all individuals who identify as women, regardless of sex assigned at birth or gender expression.” (In other words, a night not reserved exclusively for women.)

On a different day each month, the spa will hold a “Cultural & Religious Women’s Night” that is “designed to provide a space that aligns with the needs of women from religious or cultural backgrounds who observe practices requiring a female-only environment based on sex assigned at birth.”

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Archimedes Banya, a Russian bathhouse in San Francisco, released a statement on March 3 announcing that it would have two distinct “women’s nights” as an effort to “honor both our commitment to inclusivity and the needs of religious and cultural communities who require gender-segregated spaces.” Henceforth, one day of the month will feature an “Inclusive Women’s Night” that is “open to all individuals who identify as women, regardless of sex assigned at birth or gender expression.” (In other words, a night not reserved exclusively for women.)

On a different day each month, the spa will hold a “Cultural & Religious Women’s Night” that is “designed to provide a space that aligns with the needs of women from religious or cultural backgrounds who observe practices requiring a female-only environment based on sex assigned at birth.”