Complex sentence: Other women in the apprentice program also recognized a gender disparity that affected what kinds of performance they were allowed to do in terms of the pieces they were allowed to perform or in physical terms based on a male standard.
Split into simpler sentences: Other women in the apprentice program also recognized a gender disparity that affected what kinds of performance they were allowed to do. This perception was based on factors such as what pieces they were allowed to perform or in physical terms based on a male standard.