merrydog
Angel Diva
https://www.washingtonpost.com/life...7080da-1f9d-11eb-b532-05c751cd5dc2_story.html
The women here already know the advantages
The women here already know the advantages
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Women skiers, this is the place for you -- an online community without the male-orientation you'll find in conventional ski magazines and internet ski forums. At TheSkiDiva.com, you can connect with other women to talk about skiing in a way that you can relate to, about things that you find of interest. Be sure to join our community to participate (women only, please!). Registration is fast and simple. Just be sure to add [email protected] to your address book so your registration activation emails won't be routed as spam. And please give careful consideration to your user name -- it will not be changed once your registration is confirmed.
Women only ski classes help to grow the sport
- Thread starter merrydog
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HikenSki
Angel Diva
Great article! Emily is awesome - very personable, professional, and a great instructor. Would love to do their Women of Whitetail program but it's just not lined up with my work schedule. I've done two Women's Days that Emily leads and they've been so much fun. I loved being with a group of supportive women. Like the article mentioned, we encouraged each other and also talk about challenges outside of skiing without any judgement. Bummed no program for this winter but that's probably for the best with a 4mo old in tow now putting a dent in ski plans for this year, which of course are compounded by COVID concerns.
gingerjess
Angel Diva
NewEnglandSkier
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Of course I had to go and read the comments!
Abbi
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Oh, god, I read the comments.....I will never learn!
You’d think you were new at that!
liquidfeet
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I just read the comments. I didn't find the negativity unexpected. Actually, I found it to be more civil than I expected. I assumed every antagonistic comment came from some male with whom I wouldn't want to share a meal or a chairlift ride.Oh, god, I read the comments.....I will never learn!
snoWYmonkey
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Grateful for once that I can't access the comments.
Me too.
I was also surprised to read that 40% of the skier population is women. Did I read that correctly? I thought it was much less than that. It would be interesting to see the full age and gender distribution they based that on.
marzNC
Angel Diva
Here's a relevant article from 2019 that has the 40% figure.
https://www.snewsnet.com/people/blizzard-tecnica-women-to-women
HikenSki
Angel Diva
I took a look at the comments and they were what I had expected. Folks cried if there was a men’s only group, people would have a fit. Whitetail in fact has a men’s only ski group. It met at the same time as the women’s. It wasn’t uncommon for the wife to go off to the women’s group and the husband to the men’s and the meet up later in the day. If our schedules had worked out, my husband and I would have done this. If they were offering mena only and not a corresponding women’s only and there was interest, then I’d have an issue. Likewise with a women’s only and no mens group. If there is interest, why not have separate groups.
