Where are the female Audiophiles?

Mrtennis, something tells me you don't want to believe such differences could exist. By the way OF COURSE men's and women's brains will be mostly identical! However, the differences are critical! If you can't see that, I'm not going to spend an hour culling info on it. Do some homework! I'm not about to come with all sorts of data only to have you with a negative, argumentative attitude and discount it. Maybe you'll see if you research it yourself. If it's not important enough to you, so be it. No skin of our backs...

Call me "sexist" having stereotypical impressions of women, or whatever you like, but if you reject what I've said, then you're going to have a bit of difficulty getting along with the opposite sex.

What a naive idea, "If women were treated as equals..." You obviously don't understand: A man can treat a woman as equal as anyone can, yet women typically AREN'T INTERESTED IN machines and solitary activites like some men. Maybe sexist thinking on the part of women is behind men not wanting to belong to book clubs or not watching QVC for an hour a day as well?

MrT, you're a good guy around here; I mean no ill feelings, no disrespect. I agree that more accommodation to introduce them to audio and educating them would be highly valuable. But, I think that we've got a trend that spans decades going here, and it's not about to change now.

The one exception I see is Stock Car Racing: Hunky drivers, music, etc. tied in with a HIGHLY SOCIAL setting has turned on women to the sport. In most audiophile's lives there's not much social about the hobby. Hah, in some audiophile rooms there's only ONE listening chair. I wonder what THAT says about inviting others to the party? Yes, my room has several chairs, and every time my wife spends time listening without fail I offer her the optimum chair. Most of the time she doesn't want to sit there, as it's higher back bothers her neck. I guess she's not a good audiophile. :)

I'm leaving this topic (at least for now); I'm not devoting more time to this discussion.

Women are not equal ----- they are equivalent.

This may seem like petty semantics but I mean to indicate that , while they are not inferior to men, they are clearly not the same. Stereotypes are always based in fact. They are generalizations which may not fit anyone perfectly but nonetheless survive as useful caricatures of a group.

Audio is a silly obsession to those who remain uninfected. For the most part I think women just dismiss the whole thing as "his hobby" and feign interest because they are interested in us and not our perversion.

It's important that we not behave like religious zealots. There is no reason to proselytize. Just share your fun with those who you deem worthy and try to be sensitive to their level of interest. If they don't care, so what? You can still have fun with your solitary preoccupation and your other half can do something else as well.

I like many of the above comments.

Especially the ones about women not getting much out of sitting quietly and listening to the music.

My wife will sit and not be interrupted---when watching a good movie.

This is also a woman who can tell in almost seconds when I have rolled tubes---even when I put away 'the evidence''

Oh, on shoes,I will never forget the look I got from her years ago when I took her to Hawaii---she asked me how many pairs of shoes I was bringing, my answer....

"Both Pairs"

UJ

how does one explain women serving in the armed forces, including pilots ?

yes they are in a small minority.

my point is that if women are exposed and encouraged to take an interest in some endeavor at a young age, perhaps as adults they will find that endeavor of interest.

yes, there are very few female mechanics, but i think the reason is cultural, i.e., the environment, rather than biology.

there are female engineers and doctors, including surgeons.
maybe in 20 years, there will be more female audiophiles.

Nope - chances are very, very thin that there will be more female audiophiles in 20 years. I heard this argument 25, 20, 15, 10, and 5 years ago. No more women today than in the past. And there was an issue of Time magazine some months (couple of years?) ago that outlined the voluminous studies showing how women and men are different in very meaningful, physical ways. And that includes brain structure and chemistry. Of course, as in all things in the universe, there are infinite degrees of differences.

If my wife and I are going on vacation for 10 days she will take 11 bathing suits. When we first married I would take 2 - I now take 3.