I have a basic opposition to single gender groups. Apparently Sharp found women dancing Morris but chose not to make much of it. We still seem to have this pagan / fertility / I don't really know history to Morris that doesn't seem to be true. Am I correct in thinking the Morris Ring hang on to this more than most and use as an excuse to exclude women, unless of course the cannot get male musicians?

If sides have been doing something for a long time (100 years? 200 years?) then carrying it on makes some sense. Starting afresh? Not quite the same.

L in C