"Threatened to report to the Ring..."

Nonsense.

I was at a Ring Meeting many years ago (men of Wight) when a woman came into the room to talk to her husband. One side made a fuss and walked out. Everyone else made her welcome.

The side that had walked out went up to the then Squire of the Ring to register their displeasure. His response was two words, the second of which was "off". I heard it myself.

The Ring has no interest in what Ring sides do at non-Ring events. My side has been dancing with women's and mixed sides for longer than my 24 years of dancing, and we consider ourselves to be active members of the Ring. We do 2 Ring meetings most years, host Ring events and so on.

The Ring is not anti women. A few individuals in it are, and those individuals are considered to be figures of fun by the rest of us.