I find something slightly wrong with women only courses, although there is a place for them, they also give some people the idea that you cant do it unless you do one of these courses. In a perverted way that defeats the purpose of them in the first place.
I can tell you that the biggest barrier to women is other women. Men dont really care if you go fishing with them, but their wives and girlfriends do. They dont see it as an asexual past-time, many see it as a threat to their relationship. My editor has even had derogotary comments about me and my articles, not one was by a man. Each comment was by a woman who felt threatened that a female may actually be interested in fishing. Its not my fault that I am interested in fishing and not the husband. The good ole boys are still around, but the vicious wives are much more prolific. Worst still, a lot of these women have about as much interest in fishing as they do changing the oil in their car.