Whatever the differences in gender and sex and whatever personality variations exist, having a variety makes the forum better by making it more accessible than if one group always dominated... say middle aged women. If that, then what about the macho vets? But, if too many macho vets what about abuse or assault, or violence, or any and every other situation. Variety is the key to letting everyone participate here. A while ago I felt out pretty out of place as almost every thread I saw only women wrote in. Now that lots of other men are more active again perhaps it is going the other way and some of the women may feel out of place. Hopefully less so now, for both genders. This is not just a gender problem though. Its more that divisions exist and the forum sometimes acts as a bridge between them and at other times as a wall. As an atheist sometimes seeing a lot of religious threads makes me back off too. I don't mean to say no one should post anything or try to be PC balanced in what they post, just that these forces are operating here. This is a vague concept though, and identifying it with something readily observed like the gender division makes it a little easier to understand.