On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 07:10:16PM -0400, Karen Thomas wrote: > >>>> this centered-riding-on-iceys clinic was 50% male for riders. There > were also two auditors, both female (one of whom had brought her horse and > did go trail riding with us afterwards). > > That's very rare.
i'm wondering if it's maybe a northeast thing -- more men here riding, more men here riding english-style (which is more similar to icelandic), stuff like that. it seems also to show up later in life (men rather than boys) as when i taught in riding camp i had only a couple of little boys (maybe 20%?) relative to my number of little girls. (perhaps this also explains why the women were, on the whole, more practiced-seeming riders than the men at the icey clinic -- though overall, thinking of the men i know who ride, there are as many who are far far ahead of me as behind on the path....) dunno, just something i'm keeping an eye on.... --vicka
