Dalai Lama visits Soto Zen priests and temples in Japan - from earlier this year

http://www.dalailama.com/news/post/1262-an-interview-and-a-teaching-for-the-all-japan-soto-young-priests-association

http://www.tibetanreview.net/dalai-lama-teaches-multi-national-audience-of-2100-in-tokyo/

At Soji-ji:  http://tibet.net/2015/04/his-holiness-the-dalai-lama-gives-a-public-talk-at-souji-temple/

to state the obvious, is there a single woman in these photos?  I don't think so.  Many lay women in the audience at the Dalai Lama's talk, some of whom asked questions, but leadership - has anything changed in the centuries?

Fair point Josh 
Someone sent me a cartoon today of the 3 wise men the first one to greet Jesus ran back to the others to exclaim 'Its a girl!' you may be pleased to know I laughed and thought of you straight away!! Our assumptions always need a shake up and it is amazing that the masses simply follow medieval interpretations  explanations and beliefs