[JRutledge]

I think if you are asking if Women should have one mentor, I think that is not looking at the entire picture. I think officials of any gender and any race should have several mentors. I think if you only look for mentors that look like you or have the same private parts, you might be cheating yourself. But I do feel that you should have mentors that better understand you situation. Especially when many Women might not have other Women around them to look directly at for that mentoring. Officiating is basically officiating, but for the issues that are specific to that person's situation would be much better served by someone that is of the same gender and many times the same race.

Peace