Female pilot here. I do agree with all your points in this post - but remember, when you consider general aviation across North American, 5% is still a lot of women.
Rowing is an interesting phenomenon. All rowers agree that it's about the hardest, most taxing sport there is (yes, we're biased, but we've also got data substantiating the point). Once you get past college and the national team level to club and masters rowing, women are a definite majority of new rowers. We also tend to be better at learning it (there's a lot to be said for being willing to learn technique before you try to apply power). Now it's true that club and masters rowing gets less glory than junior or collegiate rowing, but I think that's mostly because adults' sports in general do get less attention. But at least no one devalues womens' rowing in favor of men's. These days, anyway - it's may be telling to look at the history, in which Ernestine Bayers was being told "women don't row" in Philadelphia at the same time Dorothy L. Sayers was writing Gaudy Night, which features a fair number of .... women rowing.
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Date: 2010-03-29 02:39 pm (UTC)Female pilot here. I do agree with all your points in this post - but remember, when you consider general aviation across North American, 5% is still a lot of women.
Rowing is an interesting phenomenon. All rowers agree that it's about the hardest, most taxing sport there is (yes, we're biased, but we've also got data substantiating the point). Once you get past college and the national team level to club and masters rowing, women are a definite majority of new rowers. We also tend to be better at learning it (there's a lot to be said for being willing to learn technique before you try to apply power). Now it's true that club and masters rowing gets less glory than junior or collegiate rowing, but I think that's mostly because adults' sports in general do get less attention. But at least no one devalues womens' rowing in favor of men's. These days, anyway - it's may be telling to look at the history, in which Ernestine Bayers was being told "women don't row" in Philadelphia at the same time Dorothy L. Sayers was writing Gaudy Night, which features a fair number of .... women rowing.