MANITAS ,Please tell us what other forms of traditional music operate a gender bias,women are booked at folksong clubs ,can dance and play at ceilidhs and country dances, can dance playford,can call for dancing,
my opinion is important because I am amember of the public,morris dancing is a form of entertainment,it may not be its only purpose ,but if a Morris side goes and collects money,they are putting on a performance,the better[entertainment and good dancing]performance they acheive the more money they will get.
Snail,all those original womens morris sides 1970,s were formed because they could not dance with men.,so they had to form womens sides
I dont need to state a particular case,as I was quoting as a hypothetical argument.
Manitas ,a bad male side will improve if it allows good female dancers to dance with them.