have to vent!

[JW_Halverson]

WHY IS IT WHEN YOU SHOW SOMEONE A NEW TO YOU BOW THEY TAKE IT LOOK AT IT AND PULL THE STRING PAST THEIR STUPID EAR!

In 12 years I have NEVER had a girl or a woman do this.  Ever.  Period, end of discussion.  And frankly, it's the reason I would far rather make bows for the "distaff side" than for guys. 

No disrespect to you PD, but claiming "innocent ignorance" can't explain this difference in the approach to the bow that woman naturally show.  I honestly believe it is the basic insecurity males feel that cause us to need to show off our mastery of the difficult.  Guys just naturally have to turn everything into a whizzing contest. 

I think that mindset also causes those unlearned in primitive archery to summarily dismiss our equipment.  They may instinctively see that it takes more self control, practice, and skill to use this equipment....and in order to protect their eggshell ego, they must dismiss. The same may even go a long way to explain how advertising and marketing has proven so successful for the wheelie bow industry.  You can buy your way to proficiency and thus protect the  frail ego.

Now look at some of the people that really embody the spirit of primitive archery....notice the suppressed ego, the "listen and learn" attitudes, the willingness to admit to the multiple ways of achieving the same successful ends? 

Either that or women are not only better to look at then us guys, but they are smarter than us. 

[DC]

but they are smarter than us.

I learned this right after I got married

[paulsemp]

If you hand a self bow to someone who doesn't know anything about archery, compound/ trad/primitive you can't get mad about it. How and why would they know that all the time we put in could be compromised so easily. A pretty pathetic hobby I'd say .  Typically only other primitive guys ask to shoot my bows. If they have no experience than teach them
 
As for the woman thing I rarely hand bows over to them for a money shot.