Druidic festivals were always popular, especially when things went wrong. If women were allowed to mess around with magic they would probably be embarrassingly good at it. You run away a lot. That is good. You are a survivor.
Wise men do what the time demands.
Wizards don't like to see women perform even simple magic. Rocks don't fly. They're noted for not doing it. The trouble with unimaginable horrors was that they were to easy to imagine. I'm suffering from an overdose of terror right now.