If I had to travel by ship back in this time period I would be a man instead of a woman. Because of the hardships that were faced by the captain and his crew. It was already stated in the story that woman and children wasn’t allowed too travel. That was the first hint that if you had to travel by boat you should know right off hand which gender you would want to be. If the trip was a short distance then it probably wouldn’t matter. Traveling to the new world from Spain is a trip woman cannot make because you have to think about the long run and how these men traveled. leaving Spain they already didn’t have enough supplies to make the whole trip. Then the whole ride is extremely cold then before you get half way you start running out of water and food starts to get low as well. I personally feel like this trip is made for men because this is more a survival trip than it be going to see a new place and if were being honest on a trip like this any lady will be bound to break.