Originally Freemasons in the past were those crafts men, especially the builders, who formed into a guild to protect their rights and to represent their grievances to the government, like our present day ‘labour unions’.

Michael has been wondering if his new boss is a Freemason or a gay because the latter (the boss) secretly invites only him of all the staff to join the ‘club’ only meant for men of great vision.

The people the world over were shocked when they heard the news that the Oslo, Norway, bomb attacks in July 2011 were carried out by a thirty-three-year-old Freemason named Anders Behring Breivik, and since then everyone has been suspicious of their own people and have been looking out for ‘Freemasons’ in their midst who could threaten the peace in their own backyards.

Basically the Freemasons are all men, because the builders (masons) have been men since ages; however, in the modern era, there are women being enrolled as Freemasons in some Freemasonry Lodges around the world, especially in Europe and North America.

Keeping aside the question whether Freemasons are involved in religious and political conspiracies or not, some political parties take advantage of the sceptical view the general public has on Freemasonry and Freemasons as a racial cult working against multicultural society, scandalise their opponents as being Freemasons in their election campaigns.