It's why a lot of morris sides have, in recent years, joined what was "The Women's Morris Federation" and is now, I believe "The Morris Federation".

As a female ex-garland dancer I was horrified when a couple of Ring Morris sides wouldn't even dance out with us on pub tours because we were women. If they don't want women in their Morris sides that's fair enough, but I can see no good reason for them to refuse to dance out with women's sides even though the women aren't dancing morris. Seems like carrying things too far to me.

Love Lynne