The committee is designed to increase women s participation and visibility in IGLA and to assure maximum inclusiveness. Jan ran the committee until Gay Games V in Amsterdam, in August 98.
Women often join swimming to be social and to get in better shape.
Lesbian women come to swimming but may not see many other women and soon quit. Later, when different women show up and do not see other women, they too quit. Or new women start swimming and pair off, never to be seen again. Some of the dropping out is due to insufficient critical mass of women. Some men perceived women-only sessions as exclusionary and felt very threatened.