Re: Behaviour on the Speculation board: women not welcome?
Maybe you are asking the wrong question. Maybe the question we should be asking is "Why are there some women investing in BTC?" As a women myself, I am curious to know if there are any common attributes of us women who are involved in BTC that might make us more likely to be involved compared to other women.
As for feminism, there are various forms of feminism (at least according to what I remember from a feminist philosophies class).
As for feminism, there are various forms of feminism (at least according to what I remember from a feminist philosophies class).
Good point. Mind if I ask what your education background is? One of the STEM fields (which probably unites a majority of early adopters in most tech-related innovations)?
Then again, I noticed there's a number of (sometimes older) guys in here that are quite far from those fields (there's a pretty funny dude who seems to work with barn wood, and he seems to be btc loaded
).Maybe there is *some* element of 'willingness to take potentially irrational risks' involved. Don't want to sound cliche, but there is to my knowledge (though I'm not a biologist or psychologist) some scientific evidence that men are slightly more inclined to take greater risks*, which puts them at a disadvantage at times, but can also pay off if things work out.
Would be interesting to have a survey (among both men and women) to see if, on average, the early BTC are "risk takers", by comparison...
* claims like that require proof, I know. If requested, I'll look up the sources for it.
Sorry for the late reply...
My educational background is probably a healthy mix. As an undergrad I studied Political Science with minors in Asian Studies and Philosophy but my Masters is in Educational Technology. While I was an undergrad I worked for my university's IT department. I kind of unintentionally prepared myself for that job by exploring tech (particularly web development) & the Internet instead of doing homework in high school. Plus my parents didn't know squat about computers so somebody had to take care of the viruses and spyware
I agree about 'willingness to take potentially irrational risks' though. Compared to my boyfriend, I am the risk-taker in our relationship. He was very apprehensive about me getting involved in Bitcoins at first because he was worried about the risks involved. His background is CS and Math if that makes a difference.
I would definitely be interested if someone did a survey to find out if it is educational background, willingness to take risks, etc.