These ideas have occurred to me as well. It does sometimes seem that women are at a disadvantage with the new rules. That's something I don't like, and I especially worry that the only female skaters who might have an advantage are the youngest girls. I am always uneasy during eras when children have the edge over older skaters, because, with few exceptions (fifteen-year-old Michelle Kwan or Mao Asada, for instance), girls can't plumb the depths of the music.