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1446721287

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Is this only a Man's world?

Posted on July 19, 2014 at 10:42 PM

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• CrimsonRoze

  

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  Statisticly speaking, the amount of females in key positions seems to be pretty much nonexistent.

  I know for a fact that there is a few girls using it, and we've had a couple visit our weekly meetups where I live but they're well below the 1% threshold.

  Why this is I don't really know, money should apply equally to all in society. I'm guessing it has to do with social perceptions.

  Posted on July 19, 2014 at 10:50 PM
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• miner

  

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  Some Chinese bitcoin exchange hire girls as some kind of promotion as there are only a handful of females in the community. I a meetup last month, I saw only 1 girl. So yes, it's still too complicated for girls to understand btc in China.

  Posted on July 19, 2014 at 11:45 PM
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• Adrian Sutton

  

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  I wonder if this is because historically finance has been a male dominated sector? It will be interesting to see how the crypto space evolves

  Posted on July 20, 2014 at 2:00 AM
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• furezasan

  

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  @adrian-sutton I wonder if this is because historically finance has been a male dominated sector? It will be interesting to see how the crypto space evolves

  That and computer/technology industry has always been male dominated.

  Posted on July 20, 2014 at 7:14 AM
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• adam

  

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  I'd love to get some more female personalities on the air. Stephanie does great work but I know it's lonely :)

  Posted on July 20, 2014 at 7:54 AM
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• yufu571

  

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  yep, several female friends are investing in BTC and other altcoins.

  Posted on July 20, 2014 at 9:12 AM
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• beida

  

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  @1446721287 Are you from China? ni shi zhongguo dama?

  Posted on July 20, 2014 at 9:17 AM
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• Mike

  

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  There are definitely girls in the space, albeit few and far between. If you go to the conferences you will actually see a decent amount of women participating and exploring bitcoin, but they are definitely the minority.

  Posted on July 20, 2014 at 11:11 AM
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• Y0C0iNS

  

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  Bitcoin does not care about gender in any way. You either participate or you don't.

  Posted on July 20, 2014 at 11:52 AM
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• cmason

  

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  @irnhnve Statistically speaking, females are more prone to be risk averse which is why the finance industry is overwhelmingly male. This coupled with the lack of female involvement in the tech industry compared again to male involvement creates one huge male dominated industry that is crypto.

  Have to call bullshit. You are taking a given historical situation, that is culturally derived, and attempting to apply it as a universal biological principle. Not only is this logically faulty, it makes you both a gender and cultural chauvinist.

  In case I'm not being clear, there are many examples throughout history and in many different cultures, wherein women took a larger role in decision making (which necessarily involves evaluating risk) and individually adopted risky behaviour in an effort to contribute to significant change or military victory.

  The diffence is that in some cultures women are encouraged to engage in such behaviour and in others they are actively discouraged. Absolutely nothing to do with biology.

  Posted on July 20, 2014 at 12:07 PM
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