I used to have the same view, especially of a ladies night run by the local wall, which included light touch free basic tuition. I now think differently, women are enourmously outnumbered in climbing, and the more that can be done to help them overcome their reservations the better. Men and women are different, and have different needs. as climbing is male dominated (wall owners, designers etc) it has lead to male orientated training facilities. An example of this is the lack of hard slabby climbing/bouldering walls, instead they all have big overhangs that favour male stregth over female agility