[Decolliber]

I have to vent a little.
I teach at a major mid-west public university. I just discovered that a female colleague of mine received university funding for a conference where ONLY women are invited to give papers. The subject of the conference is nothing in particular to do with women, women's studies or anything remotely like that (actually it is on an aspect of mathematical modelling in social science). Men are allowed to attend, but only as audience members. Now this same colleague invited me to attend her conference. I would really like to tell her that the idea of a 100% gender quota at a conference is unprofessional, unscholarly and morally outrageous. I also suspect that it is illegal under any reasonable definition of affirmative action. But if I make a fuss I will simply be lableled the curmudgeonly old white male that I am. So here is my question; should I:
1. shut up and go to the conference, since it is a topic I find interesting
2. send her a polite email saying that I am not comfortable with the idea of a conference that is restricted to female paper presenters.
3. say nothing and not go
4. forget about it and get back to work on my 911
5. none of the above