Is there any gender bias in Druidry?
Druidry was influenced by Freemasonry in the 18th and 19th centuries – a period not noted for its belief in the equality of the sexes – and consequently in those times it tended to be male-dominated. But this no longer applies in modern Druidry as taught by The Order of Bards Ovates & Druids. In ancient times Druids were male and female, and in the Order we use the single term Druid as it has traditionally been used, to denote a person of either gender. ‘Druidess’ is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, an 18th c. invention.
