gender balance

[davewitley]

Dumbledad:

> > 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? 

Abigail:
> 
> Not that I have actual numbers or anything, but just looking at 
the 
> posters on Main, it's clear that most HPfGU members are female.  
That's 
> been the case for as long as I can remember.  

I will just add:

During my membership of the admin team as one of the small male 
minority I never felt that the gender ratio mattered.

I confirm that (to the best of my knowledge!) Grey Wolf is indeed 
the only male on the list published by Kelley.

Finally, I think male membership of the admin team is at a historic 
low at the moment.  When I joined, there were four moderators, of 
whom only one was a woman.  When the moderators disbanded there were 
two men out of eight.  No doubt it will fluctuate in the future.

David