men dancing

So I went to the jam today (I tell you I'm not addicted. I could stop if I wanted to...) and there were 5 men and three women. This is the highest percentage of women that I've seen in a while. The last time I was there it was 1 woman and 4 men (which was a bit high the other way to be honest). No where in the world aside from Boston have I ever even heard of men reliably outnumbering women at a dance. I've heard of both CI jams and SCA dance practices that were usually all women.

I'm not deeply upset. I admit, I prefer dancing with, talking to, and generally spending time with, women. It just keeps being weird to me. Given the number of women that I've heard claim to like dancing/men who dance, you'd think that this would even out over time. I dunno. Maybe it's some weird variant on sexual politics in MA a la "If I have to dance it's not my revolution!".

People who've gone to other dances in other places; what's the ratio like out there? What, if anything, do you think that it does to the energy of the dance?

For locals, Shamu is playing at the Improv Jam tomorrow...