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If you truly think these "old boys' clubs" went anywhere you are simply not connected enough to be part of them.

But I thought every man is part of the patriarchy and is given a free all-access pass to the old boys' club at birth.

Patriarchy and old boys clubs are related but separate things. One hint they aren't the same is they are different words with different definitions.

I know that those networks still exist, but literal "boys only" country clubs are no longer socially acceptable as far as I know.