Yokes are for those who don't like the fun side of flying (aerobatics/farm strip flying/etc) and limit themselves to the £100 cup of tea once a month rather than using their license to stretch themselves or seek adventure
A sweeping generalisation if ever there was one
. I am sure that pilots of Aroncas and Taylorcrafts dropping into their short grass strips would disagree with you. And Sheila Scott and Polly Vacher flew around the world in respectively a Commanche and a Dakota,both with yokes. I seem to recall that one of our occasional posters here flies up and down Africa and the Middle East in a Maule, also a yoke.