I've just read the report about the organisers of the FBD Milk Ras not allowing competitors from affected countries to race. The realistic way to look at it is that there are fewer women that get into the sport and even fewer men to support and nurture any women with potential to maintain their training and dedication to be competitive at a professional level. If they do make that decision they usually find out that a salary is almost unheard of, healthcare is provided by the ambulance at the race site and if you don't have insurance, USCF's insurance will have to do. My wife had been racing for months on good ole youth, never any info about how to take care of yourself or what kind of healthcare coverage to have. If she was to pay for insurance from her salary as well as coaching, she might as well have been an indentured servant.
Many women come from other sports from all levels and programs.
Women from a great program know how athletes are treated, many others don't. I think every woman racer would love some real cash or some real care for their health and welfare. I know I would like to know my wife will be safe on her own out there on the road for weeks at a time. The demands on the women are the same as men, even if the races are shorter or less hard, the women are still at all the same races week after week. I personally think sponsors should be more willing to sponsor women because they get great value for money for the same type of marketing.