Women and the Wilderness

I agree that relatively powerless people tend to be less brave compared to more powerful counterparts in the same situation. This is not just an issue of accessibility of wilderness. We are better at solving natural challenges. Thoughout human civilization, we have developed all types of tools for us to combat with physical enemies. For us and Evelyn White, the real obstacle comes from other people, which forms a psychological barrier. It is very hard to say this type of powerlessness is a cause or an effect of the limited access to nature (or everything else). The difference between gender and race are too obvious to be eliminated, however, we could ignore the hierachy shaped by this difference. Inner strength may have a long-term effect to help currently disadvantaged groups.