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Cycling tips has an interesting article on women-only events today: http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/10/men-not-allowed-are-womens-only-events-working/
No real conclusions to it, as it says, it's early days. I do find Anthea Hargreaves' quote about “We thought we could reach equality by providing the same opportunities for both sexes. But it hasn’t worked.” quite telling - that's something I see mentioned quite frequently in local racing. Large numbers of women just aren't really turning up to take part in mixed events.
Will be fun to see where the trend takes us.