--- title: The Wing Shows Popularity of Women-Only Work Spaces description: All-female social clubs like the Wing have amenities such as a a lactation room and “makeup on demand.” canonical: https://time.com/4622650/the-wing-women-only-work-spaces/ author: Kastalia Medrano article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-04T21:45:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:17.272Z og:title: The Rise of the All-Female Work Spaces og:description: The Wing is just one of a new wave of women-only venues og:url: https://time.com/4622650/the-wing-women-only-work-spaces/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11254ea6baa9aa49/69886861cf40a8715fc40355/151014_em_lede_age50.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2100 og:image:height: 1181 og:image:alt: 151014_EM_LEDE_AGE50 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Rise of the All-Female Work Spaces twitter:description: The Wing is just one of a new wave of women-only venues twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11254ea6baa9aa49/69886861cf40a8715fc40355/151014_em_lede_age50.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Rise of the All-Female Work Spaces > Sponsored content. 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Worth Your Time is TIME's culture newsletter, published Tuesdays and Saturdays to 40,000 subscribers as of August 2026. #### Who writes TIME's culture recommendations? Culture editor Eliza Berman writes Worth Your Time, drawing on TIME's critics and culture desk. #### Is Worth Your Time free? Yes. It is a free newsletter available at time.com/newsletters. by [Kastalia Medrano](https://time.com/author/kastalia-medrano/) ## Kastalia Medrano Jan 4, 2017 9:45 PM UTC  Businesswoman standing at desk in office Businesswoman standing at desk in office Thomas Barwick—Getty Images by [Kastalia Medrano](https://time.com/author/kastalia-medrano/) ## Kastalia Medrano Jan 4, 2017 9:45 PM UTC A new female-only members club has become a focal point for the dialogue around the need for spaces where men need not apply. As profiled in Bloomberg, the Wing is one of the more high-profile examples of the new demand for all-women workspaces. The value of such spaces has been gaining traction lately, whether in the form of capitalizing on the [sense of safety in beauty salons](http://motto.time.com/4586285/illinois-train-hairdressers-spot-domestic-violence-support/) to connect [domestic violence](http://motto.time.com/4544951/domestic-violence-economic-abuse-survivor/) survivors to the resources they need or slightly more divisive ideas like a place to [eat wings away from the male gaze](http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx%5Ffactor/2016/10/14/the%5Fwing%5Fan%5Fexclusive%5Fclub%5Ffor%5Fwomen%5Fto%5Feat%5Fwings%5Faway%5Ffrom%5Fthe%5Fprying%5Feyes.html). Kidding – the Wing is actually more of a [social club](http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/10/the-wing-womens-only-social-club-c-v-r.html) with amenities like [a lactation room and “makeup on demand,”](https://www.the-wing.com/the-space) co-founded last October by 29-year-old Audrey Gelman. “He’s basically the only man that comes through here,” Gelman said of a passing AV guy. As Bloomberg noted, there’s a new wave of similar venues popping up all over the place, including [SheWorks Collective](http://sheworkscollective.com/) and [New Women Space](http://www.newwomenspace.com/) in New York City, [Hera Hub](http://herahub.com/about/) in Phoenix, Southern California, Washington, D.C. and Stockholm, plus the forthcoming [Rise Collaborative](http://www.riseworkspace.com/) in St. Louis. Male-dominated spaces [can cause women measurably increased stress](http://time.com/4008343/women-male-jobs/), and that’s what the Wing and others are looking to relieve. “Women are craving community, connection, and confidence, and that’s what we’re going to give them,” Rise Collaborative founder Stacy Taubman told. Bloomberg. [Social clubs](http://time.com/4088301/exclusive-harvard-club-women/) are not a relatively new idea, but women-only ones – on this kind of scale – are. At $1,950 for an annual membership (or $185 per month) with a $100 registration fee – none of which includes the amenities – the Wing is cheaper than some other co-working spaces like [WeWork](https://www.wework.com/) ($220 per month). Still, the demographic skews toward wealthy, successful millennials (a third of the Wing’s members are from Brooklyn) and has something of an air of refinement and exclusion – not just gender-based – about its aesthetic. When the _Bloomberg_ writer asked if the Wing would grant scholarships, Gelman replied “I don’t think the \[male\] CEO of WeWork is being asked if he’s giving out scholarships,” the various cultural implications of which we’re not even going to attempt to parse here. What’s much more clear is that the Wing and its peers are becoming increasingly visible – and profitable. Membership has doubled since Gelman opened up shop. \[H/T [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-04/no-boys-allowed-the-new-rule-of-co-working-spaces)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4622650/the-wing-women-only-work-spaces/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4622650/the-wing-women-only-work-spaces/"},"headline":"The Rise of the All-Female Work Spaces","datePublished":"2017-01-04T21:45:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:17.272Z","description":"The Wing is just one of a new wave of women-only venues","url":"https://time.com/4622650/the-wing-women-only-work-spaces/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11254ea6baa9aa49/69886861cf40a8715fc40355/151014_em_lede_age50.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kastalia Medrano","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kastalia-medrano/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11254ea6baa9aa49/69886861cf40a8715fc40355/151014_em_lede_age50.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"151014_EM_LEDE_AGE50","caption":"Businesswoman standing at desk in office","creditText":"Thomas Barwick—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4622650/the-wing-women-only-work-spaces/","name":"The Rise of the All-Female Work Spaces"}}]}] ```