Snooker Halls- Allegory for Male Spaces- and their Decline

  • Louis Sartori

In today's Britain, physical spaces patronised by only one gender are growing rarer. Inclusivity is the order of the day and discourse continues to break down the binary concept of gender. Moreover, in today’s society predominantly male spaces tend to inherit a negative perception amongst scores of the younger generation, who see a future without them as the way to go forward. Discourse tends to assume that traditionally male-only spaces harbour antiquated ideals of British masculinity and the remnants of patriarchalism. Regardless of the validity of this notion, the single-gender subculture is on the decline in Britain, as are the physical spaces which house them.