Ufology: Where are the women?

Yesterday I found myself mentioned in a blog post called Sixty years of the Roswell UFO mystery (and where are the women?)
The post was written by Birdie Jaworski.
The part about me says this:

Some of us want to understand, to open the skin of the event, to pierce the heart of the mystery itself, to know what's "out there." Like Mulder, they Want To Believe. Lesley, a resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico, blogs at The Debris Field, a blog dedicated to the paranormal and UFOs. Leslie has posted a few links to Roswell stories and other UFO news, but she hasn't (yet) waxed philosophical on what Roswell means today, six decades in the future.

I suppose that I haven't waxed philosophical about Roswell. Do I wax philosophical? I guess readers would have to answer that because I am not sure. I wanted to leave Birdie a comment, but I didn't see anywhere to comment. I wanted to tell her that although I may not wax philosophical about Roswell, I do have last weeks Grey Matters Column that was somewhat about Roswell and this coming Tuesday, Grey Matters, will be about Roswell again, concerning the Haut statement.

The title of Birdie's post is what I really liked. It asked a good question that not only applies to Roswell, but ufology in general, where are the women? I already mentioned this at theusofe, but I was disappointed to see that the only woman involved in Paul Kimball latest project is the "hostess." I thought that surely there must be some woman out there that Paul would find acceptable to join the boys club, but really when I thought about it, I couldn't come up with one. Yes, there are ones I would find acceptable, but probably Paul wouldn't agree. I really don't mean to pick on Paul Kimball either, because you can turn on any ufo documentary on the history channel or any other channel and the chances of finding a woman being interviewed on it (unless she is a witness or abductee) is slim to none. Of course, those are the odds, aren't they? There are way more men involved in ufology. Sitting here thinking, there are not even 10 women that spring to mind, but I could list the men for hours.
Unlike some I don't believe that the lack of women really has much of anything to do with sexism. There doesn't seem to be anymore sexism in ufology than there is in any other career or just life in general. I also don't think it has to do with a lack of interest by women in the subject. Mostly, I think women are easily scared away by the rudeness and meanness within ufology. That is aside from the debunkers, which are even more rude and mean. It is easy to think this is sexism, but it is not, the rude people are just as rude to men that they don't agree with, as they are women. Probably I will be accused of sexism now, but I believe most women try to avoid conflict and that is why they avoid being active members within ufology. I consider myself to be pretty thick skinned, but there are places that I don't tread because I don't want to deal with the meanness of the old guard.
Yes, the old guard. There it is, out in the open. While many of these men (mostly) I have respect for, some of them can be utterly rude and dismissive to people who don't agree with their theories, or that bring anything new to the table.
I believe there is hope though. Most of the younger ufologists, by that I mean Nick Redfern, Greg Bishop, (and much younger) Tim Binnall, John Greenewald and others seem to be able to disagree and not be demoralizing, rude and mean. They seem to at least try to consider ideas and theories that don't gel with their own and although they may not end up being believers, they at least don't seem to feel that they are somehow threatened by new or different ideas.
Everyone can remember how they never wanted to turn into their mother or father, so let's hope that the younger ufologists never turn into the old guard. We will hope that they are not exclusive, but inclusive. That they can consider new ideas without feeling threatened or that by merely listening, they are agreeing. They will nurture young people who are interested in ufology, rather than alienating them.
Yes, it will be a perfect ufology world then.