I sure wasn't expecting some of the responses I got.

Elizabeth-Apparently I touched a nerve, unintentionally. I would like to see more interaction from women on the SZ. You launched into a kind of feminist sociology kind of thing, which I don't really see a connection to my original question. I tend to agree with a lot of what you said but didn't expect that to come up in this kind of thread. As the Father of 3 daughters, I hope wages and benefits come on line with what Males receive for each of them. As far as the beatings, rapes, etc. you mentioned, most civilized, Christian based countries do pretty well. ON the other hand too many countries in Africa and the Middle East have a totally different mind set on a women's place in their societies, so equality is way down the road.

The owner of the SZ, Nigel is a man, but I don't believe he rejects female registrants. So, no man is blocking any women from participating around here.

I can accept that you and perhaps other people, both men & women just prefer NOT to post here. On the other hand, you might be surprised at the encouragement you could get if you got more involved.

There's a lot of very nice people around here. Some know an amazing amount of stuff about arrangers, others are great players, others are just good people who are part of the mix. We can all act like jerks sometimes, but for every nasty post, I see 20 nice ones.

Please don't be a stranger...

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Bill in Dayton