Re: [AGA-mcm] Women in the hobby.

["Karen Randall" <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>]

I think sometimes it is cultural.  Why are equestrian sports heavily
male-dominated in every country but the U.S., but here it is over 80% women?
Know one seems to know.  I DO know that I can't get my sons to ride, because
they won't hang out at the barn with a bunch of girls.<g>

I think it is possible that women BUY more aquarium stuff because in
general, they are not as DIY oriented as men.  I think the way to get more
women involved in the hobby is from the gardening perspective.  Women
dominate THAT hobby, and what are planted aquariums but indoor gardens that
you don't have to worry about watering every day?<g>

Karen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
To: "AGA Advisory Committee" <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] Women in the hobby.


> IF you mean something simple to gater opinions, I think
> that'sa good idea. If we asked female members why they
> haven't come to any AGA conventions, we might find some
> answers in large numbers that point to things we can do
> soemthing about. We could put the question to all members
> and see what the females answer.
>
> A full blown, statistically significant survey would be
> very arduous and expensive, requiring about 1,000
> participants randomly (in the literal sense) selected from
> the population of interest.
>
> The real kicker, I think is this. Why women in the hobby
> got into it is probably as much or as often by circumstance
> as it is for most folks. The real question is, imo, is one
> directed at woman not in the hobby, "How come you aren't
> interested in aquatic hobbies?".
>
> This latter question is probably harder to answer than why
> didn't woman do as well on the Law School Appitude Test in
> the 70s -- because they included questions, not especially
> relevent to studying or practicing law, that historically
> showed lesser performance by woman than men.  (Of course,
> they dropped those questions in the 80s.)
>
> Lucikly, there are no entrance requirements nor weighted
> test scores applicable for aquatic hobbies -- they even let
> me in. But it makes it harder to see why them that ain't
> here ain't here.
>
> sh
> --- Paul Krombholz <pkrombholz@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > I wonder if the reasons why the women in the hobby got
> > into it are
> > the same, statistically, as the reasons why the men got
> > into it.
> > Perhaps a survey could be done.
> >
> > -- 
> > Paul Krombholz in sunny, mild, central Mississippi
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