male here:
first off, what is an "assistant instructor rating"?
second...I've never flown with a woman pilot who was as good as the best men pilots
but...some were good pilots, just not great.
that doesn't mean there aren't great women pilots out there, I just haven't met one in 37 years of aviation.
oh, and I've flown with plenty of mediocre guy pilots too.
But there is one thing I do object to...when I see a woman get hired with "x" number of flying hours and needs to go through training 3 times, and a man with "2X" hours gets hired and only has to go through training once.