I had an unpleasant discussion on facebook yesterday with some civil war re-enactors who (besides saying I don't give a shit about history and accurateness and that I'm a little troll) said that women shouldn't be allowed to re-enact because there were no women in the ACW (except for some documented 300 etc). And "because women are over the greatest part farbs" (mind you, for these people, 'farb' was the word for everyone except them), it's best to just trow them all out.
Now, I found this a idiotic to say the least. You are going to forbid someone to re-enact on a reason they can't possibly change? One guy even had a daughter which wanted to re-enactment so badly...but he didn't allow her because she looked 'too female'. That's really harsh.
My opinion is simple; as look as they put as much effort in the hobby as their male counterparts, women should be allowed to re-enact just like anyone else. Historical accurate is important, but when you are trowing people out on these kind of reasons, you've gone to far.
Your opinions, gentlemen.