Not necessarily. There have been groups of Freemasons that included both men and women, and if I'm not mistaken, there have been all-female groups, as well. They are not necessarily recognized by the same governing bodies, however.
Just like other societies, there have been splinter groups.
I thought the Freemasons was men only?
The Masonic Lodge has a sister group called The Eastern Star, which is the one the women join. https://www.easternstar.org/
There's Rainbow Girls for young women.
Interesting
And Job's Daughters or Daughters of Job. There's a few.
Nope. Eastern Stars. Daughters of Job. On and on...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO5Tf6-cg28
Not necessarily. There have been groups of Freemasons that included both men and women, and if I'm not mistaken, there have been all-female groups, as well. They are not necessarily recognized by the same governing bodies, however.
Just like other societies, there have been splinter groups.
Female groups are always managed by a male Freemason. This guy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aMoT_1zwqg - talks about it in one of his videos.
Hm, never knew that
Here's some sauce to go along with the above:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-Freemasonry
If you scroll through this link, there is mention of all-female Freemasonry:
https://www.thesquaremagazine.com/mag/article/202005women-and-freemasonry/
Anyone can pretend to be a mason