art.chick
Contributor
I wondered if any of you had encountered subtle sexist remarks or behavior with male or female diving instructors, comments about how women get colder easier, get tired easier, are more bothered by abrasive gear, or disparaging comments about how all women students think you are groping them if you grab their BC straps for checkout dives?
WOmen have been diving for a very long time & most of us have learned from men. Nobody has ever refused to buddy with me because I'm a girl, but I think NAUI or PADI would really jump down the throat of an instructor who said, "Black students are slower learners" or "Asian students dive like they drive" or some other racial slur. Am I the only one who hears a variety of male instructors saying stuff about "anybody with a pink snorkel" (meaning women & gay men.)?
WOmen have been diving for a very long time & most of us have learned from men. Nobody has ever refused to buddy with me because I'm a girl, but I think NAUI or PADI would really jump down the throat of an instructor who said, "Black students are slower learners" or "Asian students dive like they drive" or some other racial slur. Am I the only one who hears a variety of male instructors saying stuff about "anybody with a pink snorkel" (meaning women & gay men.)?