I can see how this would help to assess the gender balance, but I'm curious how (if) you would assess the question of gender bias?
If the community itself has gender imbalance (I think it does), or gender segregation (again, hula hooping is an often quoted example), then what should a "fair" show look like?
Should we strive for balance, or just try not to discriminate?
And whether we would expect the community to be more balanced?
I can believe that almost all-male juggling clubs could be a put-off for potential female new members as mentioned already in this thread.
On the other hand, the conversion of existing members of the juggling community to kendama, for example, seems (to my uninformed eyes) to be far more common for male jugglers - and I can't think of any inherent reason for it.
I'm just wondering whether cultural/choice factors will be distinguishable. And as the initial question relates specifically to show performers, I'm wondering whether or not this should be taken in relation to a background distribution of jugglers, of performers, or of the entire population. If we want to do this exclusively for jugglers in juggling shows, or all performers in juggling shows, this would almost certainly make a difference.
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