yeah, the gender balance thing stuck out at me right away, and that sort of thing always make me suspicious. i wonder whether it's just a thinly disguised "hey, you het folk could make a love connection here", since most of their clients seem to also be singles, or whether there is some thinking behind it that otherwise they'd get a lot of touch-hungry men and if the ratio isn't approximately 1:1 then the women would feel overwhelmed and the energy of the event would change. or something entirely different -- if i actually thought of attending one, i'd ask, but as it is, i'm not curious enough. and i am completely not tempted, *heh*; if anything, i require less touch than most people i know -- but i thought it was in principle a really neat idea, since a lot of people are touch-deprived, and don't know how to ask for it, nor have the opportunity to explore their own and other's boundaries in a safe way.

interesting about the size thing. the TV clips didn't make it look like there were only thin people there, or only those of the "beautiful" set; i saw several plump ones -- but yeah, alt.polycons, frex, seem to me to be much more over the map size-wise. what i liked best about the clips was the atmosphere in the room -- it really felt like a slumber party with close friends who're all touchy-feely. i like that sort of energy, even if i would likely be at the outer fringes at such an actual event.