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Well its your turn to show yourselves. Let me ask a penetrating question. And why do you think there is a smaller percentage of women into it? Is it a culture aspect??? Are women not suppose to play the role? And what is your age? When did you get started. I dont think there are but one or two of you that visit this site.
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Don't know for sure, but I would bet that Ms. Manley Labs is a closet tapehead. ;)
When we had that huge tape collection, you bet! But alas, it's all gone to another loving home........
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Cheers, EveAnna Manley
i cannot say whether women enjoy or are interested in music more or less than men. but as far as reproduced music in the home; women generally view it differently and have a different relationship with it.
most women see music as a compliment to what they may be doing. they are passive listeners. it is a backgound thing. it is not the focus of what they do.....it is unlikely they would sit down to just listen.
this is a generalization; of course there are exceptions.
men are more likely to listen in an active way. of the people that are active listeners; most are men.
becoming an active listener is required to then get into 'qualitative' listening.....which then gets one to consider 'better sound' or 'the best sound'.
any woman who is an active listener is a candidate to be an audiophile......most are not. my dear wife will occasionally sit down and listen with me; unfortunately not as often as i would like. but she has music around her in her spaces all the time. it is simply rarely the focus.
we do need to support and cherish the women among us and make them feel welcome.
mikel
Well let's see there is me and I have an analog website devoted to both analog tape and disc. There’s Debra Gunn whose handle is the "Reel Lady" on eBay, and the other "Teresa" who is the owner of "www.splicit.com" which sells Reel to Reel accessories and supplies.
But I am sure we are still outnumbered by men at least 100 to 1.
"Music is love"
Teresa
Fan produces deafening volumes and the majority of females use it every day, unlike the most ofn men who use towel to dry their hair. Also, there are more bald men than bald females. Therefore more men among the audiophiles.
As of penetrating question I will not go there.
I couldn't help but smirk at the irony of your questioning, specifically a male asking a "penetrating" question about the presence of females.Seriously though I doubt you'll find many. Although I hate to engage in gender stereotyping (again, no pun intended), the reality is that electronics (and to a lesser degree, anything mechanical) is by and large a male hobby. After all, us guys can be amused by anything that blinks, beeps, flashes, or goes round-and-round until we're well into our 80's. In this case, turntables and reel to reel decks are the epitome of just such gadgets. Unlike guys who collect toys until their deaths (only they get more expensive, elaborate, and impractical as we age), most women outgrow their fascination with toys by about their 12th birthday.
Perhaps you've heard the old joke: "What do [womens] breasts and electric trains have in common? They were both meant for the kids, but it's the fathers that usually end up playing with them."
Oh sooooo true!
But on the flip side, how many of us guys care about fashion, cooking, or interior decorating beyond any level that is simply essential for survival?
So it goes both ways. I guess that's just the natural order of things.
Of course there are exceptions to the rules (for instance I've told my wife that if I ever need to update my wardrobe with the best in current fashion and she's not available, I'm gonna get a gay guy to help me out). It's not that one is better than the other. It's simply "how it is".
I love my stereo system. My wife is pretty much indifferent to it. She, OTOH LOVES anything on the "E!" network. I can't stomach any of it.
So if there are any women out there who have smashed through that proverbial barrier, great. Introduce yourself. We'd like to know what made you take up the hobby.
But don't be surprised if you get no responses. After all, even if there are a few of them here and they reveal themselves, they are likely to be bombarded with e-mails from lonely guys suddenly turned on to this "common" interest. As skewed as this hobby is genderwise, most likely, they will keep quiet.
Just my $.02.
"Of course there are exceptions to the rules (for instance I've told my wife that if I ever need to update my wardrobe with the best in current fashion and she's not available, I'm gonna get a gay guy to help me out). It's not that one is better than the other. It's simply "how it is"."
Well, as a "gay guy", I wouldn't know crap about advising you on your wardrobe choices, or automatically break into dancing the first time I heard 'house/club' music played. That's not "how it is" for many of us-think diversity/snowflakes, not Will & Grace stereotyping (vomit). A lot of heterosexual men feel comfortable that they can stereotype gays, but it ain't so for many of us.
Because I'm supposed to be "different", I would embrace hardily any women interested in this field...gypsies as well.;-)
Just my two cents...
Kevin
I enjoy cooking very much, and many of the world's great chiefs are men. I also know how to sew a button back on, though my wife is kind enough to take of that these days. It's all about wanting to be able to do things for yourself. That's why I am into DIY audio too.
"But on the flip side, how many of us guys care about fashion, cooking, or interior decorating beyond any level that is simply essential for survival?"
I was a pastry chef for 20 years, and I studied interior design for two years at UC Berkeley extension.
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