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After a long duration of research and writing I just want to thank everyone for their contributions, all of which have been incredibly helpful in getting through this assignment.

They excluded women from the tour? Do we know the reasons why?

Brilliant plan :)

I think what I need to do is go to the pool hall alone and see what happens to fully get this experience.

I really enjoyed this post :smile:. Thank you so much for your input!

I know that in Canada (where I live), the atmosphere in the pool halls I have been to are geared towards men. For example, the waitresses wear EXTREMELY tight clothing and black mini skirts. The posters on the wall advertising pool/snooker events have models of women, and I almost always see...

Thank you, this is actually very helpful. The research I have done so far indicates that many women who play alone often get interrupted by men when playing.

Being a woman yourself, have you experienced any difficulties or encountered any problems when playing pool? Were you taken seriously?

What is it about the appearance that keeps women from going there?

Thanks, I actually read the book for this project and I am using it as one of my references. I am also looking at real-life experiences. I also intend on going to pool halls myself and conducting interviews. I am just curious as to why so few women are present playing pool. A few of you said...

I'm completing a degree in anthropology and as part of this endeavor I am enrolled in a Field Study class. Essentially I need to study an aspect of a subculture and I decided to look at gender division in cue sports. So far I've noticed that there is a significantly higher number of males in...