I learnt to ring in a tower where it was clear that I would be expected to ring the heavier back bells, there was no gender discrimination. I was excited

If you notice bias you can, and should, take steps to counter it.

For example, in the context of bias against women, you can organise some female only bands. I

When I learned to ring as a teenager in the early 1970s there was no messing about: men were men and women were ladies. And the men
organised the rotas

I started ringing nearly 9 years ago, whilst in my mid-20s,  a few weeks after giving birth to my second child. I would take him up into the
ringing room

I learnt to ring at a twelve bell tower in the mid 70’s, where we had a predominantly female band and a female tower captain.  We were
quite organised, some