Columbus is run by a woman (me), and we started off with an even 50⁄50 split, approximately. It wasn’t until we started growing that the gender ratio got more skewed, and now we are down to only 33% female. Current size (growing): We have about a dozen regulars, a handful of occasionals, and about half-dozen new people that I expect to hang around.
Random notes/thoughts:
1) We (were) mostly poly, and we did a lot of growing by inviting people we were dating, or chatting with on okc, or whatnot....Or rather, the women did that (thus bringing in a bunch of new men, some of which were good participants, and some of which come/came regularly but as a “boyfriend” and did not participate much), but the men did NOT do that (even though they were occasionally dating women which would be great fits for the group).
2) We then went on to join a humanist organization which recruited in another group of mainly-men.
3) If I made of list of all the members and crossed off the ones who contribute/participate the least (or do so in a negative/disruptive way), I could cross off half the members, and none of them would be women. In other words, the women that we DO have, are consistently high-level participants. The men are more likely to be non-participative (especially the “boyfriends”), or disruptive. (of course, we have lots of really awesome men too. The point is that we have no un-awesome women).
Columbus, OH- 33%
Columbus is run by a woman (me), and we started off with an even 50⁄50 split, approximately. It wasn’t until we started growing that the gender ratio got more skewed, and now we are down to only 33% female. Current size (growing): We have about a dozen regulars, a handful of occasionals, and about half-dozen new people that I expect to hang around.
Random notes/thoughts:
1) We (were) mostly poly, and we did a lot of growing by inviting people we were dating, or chatting with on okc, or whatnot....Or rather, the women did that (thus bringing in a bunch of new men, some of which were good participants, and some of which come/came regularly but as a “boyfriend” and did not participate much), but the men did NOT do that (even though they were occasionally dating women which would be great fits for the group).
2) We then went on to join a humanist organization which recruited in another group of mainly-men.
3) If I made of list of all the members and crossed off the ones who contribute/participate the least (or do so in a negative/disruptive way), I could cross off half the members, and none of them would be women. In other words, the women that we DO have, are consistently high-level participants. The men are more likely to be non-participative (especially the “boyfriends”), or disruptive. (of course, we have lots of really awesome men too. The point is that we have no un-awesome women).