Why more men?

Why are there more men than woman in masters swimming? Everyone says that women's events always end before the men's events (and thus we have to keep that odd/even rule for pools at nationals). Is this still true? The last meet I attended there were 62 heats of women and 65 of men.
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  • Even in my age group days(some 20..years ago) I have to say I trained better with the men than with the women for some reason. I guess it was a mental thing on my part to want to keep up with the men, since at the time(you know during the stone age as my kids would say) I was usually the top freestyler and flyer on my team. I still love the challenge today (no generalizations intended here). :groovy: Donna
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  • Even in my age group days(some 20..years ago) I have to say I trained better with the men than with the women for some reason. I guess it was a mental thing on my part to want to keep up with the men, since at the time(you know during the stone age as my kids would say) I was usually the top freestyler and flyer on my team. I still love the challenge today (no generalizations intended here). :groovy: Donna
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