Firstly are there any women using this site? If you search the forums for the word 'women' it's not very encouraging to say the least.
I'm looking to do a basic bushcraft course (learning to make fire, check water contamination etc) but I do find the idea of spending an entire weekend alone with a bunch of blokes slightly intimidating. On the other hand courses entitled 'jungle jane' and such like come across as being patronising, making me doubt their usefulness.
I was the only female on my college course and I spend most days surrounded by all male contractors so I'm used to being in a male orientated environment. I don't look like a man, I don't act like a man and I don't want to be a man so sometimes you need a break from all that 'man' stuff. I don't see why gutting a fish and gathering wood is seen as a male pursuit, it's just the conversation that can get a bit too much to bear.
The question: I'd like to know about other women's experiences on bushcraft courses. Were you the only woman? Did you go on a women only course? Do you wish you had done the opposite? What were the benefits and drawbacks? Is there one particular course you can recommend?
Is there anyone out there that hosts a course that always gets a few women participants?
I'm looking to do a basic bushcraft course (learning to make fire, check water contamination etc) but I do find the idea of spending an entire weekend alone with a bunch of blokes slightly intimidating. On the other hand courses entitled 'jungle jane' and such like come across as being patronising, making me doubt their usefulness.
I was the only female on my college course and I spend most days surrounded by all male contractors so I'm used to being in a male orientated environment. I don't look like a man, I don't act like a man and I don't want to be a man so sometimes you need a break from all that 'man' stuff. I don't see why gutting a fish and gathering wood is seen as a male pursuit, it's just the conversation that can get a bit too much to bear.
The question: I'd like to know about other women's experiences on bushcraft courses. Were you the only woman? Did you go on a women only course? Do you wish you had done the opposite? What were the benefits and drawbacks? Is there one particular course you can recommend?
Is there anyone out there that hosts a course that always gets a few women participants?
and welcome to BcUK.
But I think it comes down to a certain strength of will. I expect (though I might be wrong, and please don't bash me if I am . . .) that the majority of outdoorsy people are men. However, I reckon that the percentage is more even when it comes to bushcraft, since a lot of 'outdoorsy' people fall into the trap of 'survival' - namely, going into the woods with just a bowie knife (hollow handle containing survival kit of course!), experiencing several days of extreme discomfort, in which they battle nature in all its forms, and come out looking like they've been living in the rainforest for thirty years. That is, in my experience, a trap that women very rarely fall into (too much common sense 
).
despite what we get up to 
