ADMIN: List Elf Email Addresses

[Tim Regan]

Hi All,

Kelley Elf recently sent out a useful set of email addresses of the 
current and the pending list elves. Although it's hard to guess sex 
from pseudonym (no matter what I do, I cannot stop thinking of 
GlumPlum as a woman, though he isn't) it looks as if only 1 of the 
28 elves listed is a man. That's less than 4%. Has that always been 
the proportion? Is it representative of the membership? I also 
wonder why it is. I could believe that most adult men have less time 
to dedicate to HP than most adult women; but I know that many of the 
Elves are professional women, so that can't be it.  Perhaps it's a 
skill thing, do women make calmer negotiators than men? Although I 
didn't go, I understand Nimbus 2003 was mainly attended by young 
women. What is it about HP fandom that's caused this? Is it healthy? 
Should we fix it or celebrate it? (Nobody expects the Spanish 
Inquisition.)

Cheers,

y-chromosomly Dumbledad.