On Fri, 7 May 2004 at 14:59, Moti (sumo@dichne.com) wrote:
As promised, the NSK has released the results of the poll they had last
basho, asking random spectators to answer a few questions concerning the
allowing of women on the dohyo. The voices who were in favor of
continuing the ban were numerous (71%).
I suppose as a very long time tradition, it's hard to break something
like this. Oh, but the number of men and women taking part were very
roughly equal (~43% women so ~57% men) which is good.
To other questions like "Do you think it's right to have a Sumo- like
society", the large majority responded in the affirmative.
That many people would like to see society in general work like a sumo
stable? I find that rather odd, but maybe it's just me.