It would be useful to see how the involvement and perceived position in Bigfoot studies of women compares to that in other non-mainstream areas. Women are distinct minorities in those areas as well, but I can think of no way in which any perceived physical differences matter there.

What makes or breaks it for me in these areas is not so much what level of overt sexism is present, but how much of any face-to-face or online group membership consists of guys with poor social skills. Any place full of guys who want to score points in a debate tends to make it less likely that a true dialogue and respectful exchange of information and opinions will be welcomed.

But when I see a topic like this using terms like “male chauvinism,” “women’s libber,” and “ladies,” I wonder why people are trying to make points using vocabulary that dates back more than three decades. Does that say something important about the demographics of this site?

Tools? No reports, other than digging sticks, that I know of, although they must be able to wield weapons, because of tree-knocking.

Language? Many tales of Squatches hollerin’ at each other - and at us - but who knows what they’re “saying”?

Culture? Vague comments about clothing draped over a shoulder or around a waist, but I’m waiting to hear about a Squatch at an ATM!

(I used to have a second cousin who looked like Sasquatch, ‘cept she had a wooden leg. Died of the Elm Blight back in ought-twenny-six.)

Too many grown men playing soldier when they should be using a kinder, gentler, patient approach…JMHO

What if these creatures are not creatures but our “first or second” cousins so to speak…with tools, language and culture? What if the prevailing Native American concept of Sasquatch is correct?

live and let live…

ole bub and the dawgs

But of course, in squatchery, most days are slow news days.

As a man (bet you never guessed), I get particularly annoyed with women who, in trying to tell me they’re just as good as I am, start taking undue advantage of their femininity. The two featured in this discussion would be instantly labeled WHINERS! if they were men. Here they have men falling all over themselves defending what they said with no ill intent, nor could it be interpreted as sexist by anyone without a chip on her whining shoulder.

This is the kind of crap - heck, just read the blogs - that we spend undue time on in squatchery and in crypto as a whole. It’s not about the personalities; it’s about the critters.

Jane Goodall knew that from the beginning, LADIES.

One definition of sexism is in the acceptance of ANY difference between the sexes, just as one definition of racism is the very acceptance of the concept of human races. This sort of thinking can easily be allowed to run out of control, and it looks as if this is one example of the thinking running out of control.

I can’t tell the gender of posters unless they give it away, and even then who knows if it’s true? I assume they’re mostly male and am often surprised when texts reveal my assumption wrong. That’s a beautiful thing: forums are automatically non-discriminatory. Any of you could be a blue and yellow speckled 160 year-old hermaphroditic humanoid in a cave beneath Antarctica. All that matters is your information offered.

In the wild (city or other), gender affects the moment. When I was young, horny and lonely I prowled the streets. I wasn’t looking for a bigfoot or a bigfoot hunter. I was looking for an attractive female whether it was her pheromones, perfume, or highheels. I’m sexist that way.

If I’m looking for someone to find bigfoot, I’d consider a woman first, because the bigfoot to find would probably be a prowling young male. Now I’m discriminating against men. I also wouldn’t hire a female who smokes cigars and plans to use a deer rifle. So I won’t be hiring, unless you’re an old speckled thing near the south pole.

I’ll always be sexist when it comes to sex, but not when it comes to the person for the job. And in this case, I’d hire Loren to hire the best person for the job.