Disappointed.
I’m not really sure where I want to start with this post. After the post I wrote the other day, about attending a few outdoor events that were coming up, I had an unfortunate realization. One of those events left out a very important thing. They forgot to include women.
This Wild Game dinner was scheduled for February 8th and I was very excited to go, then I started to look at the flyer closely and noticed that it said “Men, bring a diss to pass”. I thought for sure this was a mistake and emailed the organizer of the event to see if my wife could go. As it turns out, they intended it to be only for men. I couldn’t believe it. I would love for my wife to go and this just irritates me for some reason. I can’t really explain why, but it does. Needless to say we wont be attending this particular event. I’m going to look into something worthwhile along the same lines, that allows the wife and I to go and be supporters of the outdoors together.
With all the different ladies we have in the blogging community, I just feel a strong need to stick up for them and let them know that they should be welcome anywhere a man is welcomed. Never would I turn a woman away from any wild game dinner or outdoor event. They might not have intended harm with this, but I think it just fits the stereotypical role that all of us have been trying to fight against. I’m sure Kristine, Camo girl, Dana, and Marian wouldn’t appreciate this at all. All of you ladies are welcome at any wild game dinner of mine.
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Can you send me a copy of the flyer so I can make sure to attend.
Way to go Arthur! You will go far
While I do agree that excluding women is disappointing I don’t believe they intended for any ill will. The email I received back from one of the organizers made it sound like the women get together for other events. This just reminds me of the traditional guys or gals night out.
Kinda matches what you said in your earlier post about stepping up!
On a side note, I’m actually making 2 trips to MI for interviews next week (in Ann Arbor and Detroit)…
I’m guessing they probably didn’t mean to be exclusionary, they most likely just assumed women wouldn’t want to attend. I think, probably because we are seeing more and more women starting to hunt and write about hunting, we may be more aware of this than an average person might be.
Still, thank you for standing up for equal rights in hunting. I think it’s a nice thing to do.
I have to agree with Arthur on that one. That would tick me off as well. It is important to include your wife or husband for that matter, it only helps for a stable and lasting relationship. I am no expert but I have been married for 22 years now.
Arthur,
I understand how you feel, and of course I too love my wife to attend the same functions that I do.
However here in the country, they definitely do things differently. And some times that means separate events for the men and women.
I would consider attending just to check on the attitudes there… where they a bunch of rednecks that hate spending time with women or like RonJohn said, just a group of male hunters having a man’s night out.
Arthur, good call!
I hope you informed the organizers of WHY you’re not attending (you probably did). It’s important feedback, even if it’s not always appreciated.
That said, if the organization chooses to have gender-selective events, I believe that’s fine and well. As long as they’re not promoting a gender barrier in the bigger picture, such as the field or hunting club… I don’t see a problem.
Thanks for the support Arthur!