Why are there fewer women Than men involved in Bitcoin?

[krishnaverma]

When I checked the statistics of women who are into Bitcoin and found out that they are less than 10%, it surprised me seriously. It is understandable when we see fewer women than men in sectors that require physical energy to carry out work activity like the military or in the engineering sector but when you still see this same work force difference in the tech and Bitcoin space that they can comfortably do at the comfort of there home, it gets me curious to know the reason that might have been responsible for this huge gap.

I would appreciate if we can talk about this here. What could be responsible for this?

Where did you got those stats from? I doubt these stats to be true. There is not enough data on this how many female users use Bitcoin compared to men. They might not be as vocal as men about there investments but there are women involved with crypto as well.

[Promocodeudo]

OP, you wouldnt know the exact number of women in bitcoin, I don't think those assumptions of yours are correct, despite that this is tech job that requires a lot of energy to carryout, I must tell you that there are many women that have the ability and capacity to work in that effect, let use bitcointalk forum here as a topical example, there are many women here but you wouldn't know, unless they tell you, despite that God has made it, in such a way that no matter what the female gender does, there male counterparts are always regarded as their superior, going by what you said, if this should be calculated properly, the number of men that are into bitcoin is not that much than women, the number isn't noticeable.

[Sanitough]

Even back when I was still studying during my college days, there were really only a few women enrolling in computer studies, such as computer science and information technology courses. It seems that even until now, women are still discouraged from pursuing careers in the STEM field. For me, maybe women are not necessarily less inclined toward technology compared to men. The tech industry has been dominated by men for a long time, and it's deeply rooted in educational backgrounds. Also, based on studies, women tend to be more risk-averse in their investment choices.

Men are more interested in technology that provides new innovations and create space for their growth and experience. They are more tech savvy than women. However, women are also seen interested in technology as well but they don't see it like how the men do, as they only use this technology for their own life's nourishment but when it comes to risk, they are most likely somewhat fearful.

Most especially when we talk about bitcoin that is known for its high volatility and being a high risk asset. Women do not easily engage and embrace the kind of innovation it brings, but men are more aggressive to explore more about bitcoin and discover the various opportunities that bitcoin has to offer.

[Tigerheart3026]

there could be many reasons behind this, firstly i think there very small number of women in almost all sector,
they are not risk takers but the industry is high volatile, may be for that here women is not comfortable to take in risky investment,

you mentioned 10% in their existence in bitcoin but i think this number will be 2%-3% if judging in this forum.

[knowngunman]

When I checked the statistics of women who are into Bitcoin and found out that they are less than 10%, it surprised me seriously. It is understandable when we see fewer women than men in sectors that require physical energy to carry out work activity like the military or in the engineering sector but when you still see this same work force difference in the tech and Bitcoin space that they can comfortably do at the comfort of there home, it gets me curious to know the reason that might have been responsible for this huge gap.

I would appreciate if we can talk about this here. What could be responsible for this?

Generally, women are often stereotyped as being less logical, less good at math, and less interested in technology and these can discourage them from pursuing careers in tech. These stereotypes are often reinforced by popular culture and media and can lead to self fulfilling prophecies. So, a big reason for the gender imbalance in Bitcoin is the fact that it originated in a very male dominated industry, which is tech and the fact that bitcoin is very volatile make it seem risky and unappealing to women. We all understand how women are not too good in tolerating risk but I think as Bitcoin becomes more mainstream and more widely accepted, it's likely that we'll see more women getting involved in it.

[Latviand]

Women are less interested in technology matters and they're more into beauty, kitchen and other women things.
But we still see some women that are also with us on this market because it's all about the interest that they have. Some women intended to get into Bitcoin because of what they've learned about it and it's all about the money, anyway, men and women have both interest in terms of money.  

Dude it's the 21st century so I don't think that your stereotyping of women is absolutely true, I can give you a leeway and say that it's still true to some degree but to say that it's what they're interested and saying that it's all they are is kind of ignorant but it's not your fault, you just don't know better. Women can be what they want to be, sure a lot of the male dominated fields are still close to 90% male but that doesn't mean that there's no women out there that's in those field especially with technology which was highly male dominated.

A lot of influential women are big contributors to technology, I mean the code to run the Apollo 11 Moon Mission was written by a woman (I forgot her name, I feel bad as I am making a point), Marie Curie for her discovery of radioactive elements, there's probably more out there so don't say that women are less interested in technology, it probably has to do with nurturing and the nature where the child grows. Maybe because we see that there's less women in crypto is probably because we only interact with other men most of the time so we have a hard time looking at the big picture that there's women that's interested in bitcoin.

[kryptqnick]

I find it quite counterproductive when people refer to some data, research or events without providing any links. This way we need to look for it ourselves before actually discussing the topic or assume that the claim is true, which many people do, but I think isn't ideal. I've seen data that twice as many men invest in cryptos as women, but that's, like, 66% vs 33%, nowhere near 90% vs 10% or even less than 10% as the op's suggesting. There's some gender gap in men investing more than women, some gap in salaries, also the ratio of 3:1 men vs women in tech.
That's just the world we live in, the world that's still full of societies that have many stereotypes and a lot of social pressure regarding what is and isn't fitting for women to do. Of course, the world is changing, but it's a fact that the vast majority of the world is still far from gender equality. You can see hints of it even in this thread, in claims like women being into beauty and kitchen, husbands being the heads of families, etc.

[Bushdark]

there could be many reasons behind this, firstly i think there very small number of women in almost all sector,
they are not risk takers but the industry is high volatile, may be for that here women is not comfortable to take in risky investment,

you mentioned 10% in their existence in bitcoin but i think this number will be 2%-3% if judging in this forum.

Why do op think that there are less woman in the Crypto market than the men. Is there any means or evidence to justify this?
If he could create a questionaire and try to know what gender is more in cryptocurrency, I think that would be acceptable after results had be gathered for this. There are regions where we have more female in cryptocurrency using it for their businesses than the male.
There could be more males in general but the difference would not be much like the way many of us might think.

[KiaKia]

True be told, males dominates in everything, there is no doubt about this but in crypto space there are many female than you know, there is no way we can get data on this but with the little people that I know I believe that many females are into crypto.

We are now in a world where women want to stand for themselves, they don't want to be under any man and rely on them for everything, like I have an aunt who is living in Chicago, she is into crypto and I don't even know it until we talked on phone, and she claimed that her friend put her through, it was a good feeling for me because I thought I was the only one and she sound happy that I know everything about crypto too.

She claimed that most of her friends are all into trading and crypto investment, as old as she is I was very happy to hear this from her, I felt released somehow upon hearing this from her, I believe that the lack of valid data on how many females are into crypto is why some people still believe that less women and female in general are into crypto, you are damn wrong.

[Pi-network314159]

Women always tend to keep themselves away from any gathering that involes high population of men. women always lack patience and endurance.They always like a direct conversation which involves seeing whom dey are chatting with, they are more attracted to physical works than online work. Lastly this forum is not a place to post pictures like Facebook,Instagram, telegram and Twitter where they can be posting such picture. they always want to be pampered and appreciated but here is full of law and strict. To navigate through the axis of this forum is more of decipline than just some kind of place were you can pick a fight. And hey! Ladies like gossiping and there is no room for gossip here. We discuss only a particular thing which is bitcoin. So I dont see them coming any closer.

[|MINER|]

When I checked the statistics of women who are into Bitcoin and found out that they are less than 10%, it surprised me seriously. It is understandable when we see fewer women than men in sectors that require physical energy to carry out work activity like the military or in the engineering sector but when you still see this same work force difference in the tech and Bitcoin space that they can comfortably do at the comfort of there home, it gets me curious to know the reason that might have been responsible for this huge gap.
I would appreciate if we can talk about this here. What could be responsible for this?

Maybe because of our social system, if we see that women are lagging behind the number of men in participation not only in this Bitcoin but also in most sectors. Maybe it could be that the psychological system of women is different from the psychological system of men. Because the attitude of women to take risk is much less than men, in this case it can be seen that women lag behind in various fields. But now the scenario is changing and women are also starting to enter various sectors, though I doubt that this difference will change in the future.

[oktana]

I don’t think it should be surprising at all. If you check the statistics for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), you’ll see the huge gender gap created by men. And having it that everything crypto is technological, it’s expected that there will be lesser women around anything tech-oriented. And yes, don’t forget to consider the gender inequality and stereotypes! However, women are beginning to shrink this gap. Today, we can see many women in tech as they talk about cryptocurrencies, programming, etc, like it is nothing.

[AnonBitCoiner]

In every field of life you will see that the percentage of women are less than man may be due to the reason that they have responsibility of a home they have to look after their children. In past there were only two or three women in a specific job but now a days the number of women is higher as Compared to past but is not higher as that of man. I think man need job opportunities more than female because a man support his mother, wife and sister but women if wants to support her family then she can but there is no necessitates on her to take this responsibility.

Some women have no permission to go outside their homes therefore sometimes they are not involved in businesses creation but they are a part of online business or online earning and now a days you can see that in online earning females are more than male. It also depends on the condition of a family but I think that in past women had no interest towards jobs but now they can understand that how hard a man manage home activities. Bitcoin is a digital asset so its matters are solve online therefore women are also a part of bitcoin but most of women are not educated so they cannot understand the use of bitcoin well.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

I think the reason for this is probably because dealing in bitcoin really requires one to be of high intellect when it comes to online stuffs that require one dealing with money, to be a successful bitcoin investor or trader, and in crypto at large, one need to be mentally strong, as there are several challenges he or she will have to deal with, most especially in the area of risk and security.

And I believe that majority will agree with me that most women are none risk takers, most women love to play it safe, and the bitcoin space, and the cryptocurrency space at large is not a place to play it safe at all time, for here, risk is required to make money, and like I already said, majority of women hate taking risk.

This, I believe is the reason why there are still a very limited number of women in bitcoin and crypto at large.

[Bananington]

Apart from the fact that it is known that women love to play it safe and hence, stick to traditional white collar jobs or military or some other real job that entails real tasks, Men are just natural risk takers and when the risk pays off, we call such a man successful.
The idea of BTC or crypto currency is still not yet understood by majority, but those who benefit from the existence of cryptocurrencies, were in pain or had been insulted somehow and decided to find an alternative source to make profit from it.

On a contrast, the statistics may be skewed, in that women may know about the benefits of earning or investing in cryptocurrency, but are just too multitasked to concentrate on the best investment approach to even begin with.

[CODE200]

Cause there's just less women involved in tech and finance overall. And this is despite the fact that women are becoming more involved in this sector after the fact.

Bitcoin's indiscriminate when it comes to who it allows to be involved with it and who's not. But when the premise is set where you never touched a computer or a phone for anything other than tiktok vids, shopping spree, and all that fancy girl stuff, you're bound to remain within that cage and not explore even more horizons beyond what you can see. And this is also why the women that are in tech, are so competent at what they do. They've been in an industry predominated by males and they are desperate to prove themselves beyond the preconceptions that have been set against them, which leads to them being undercompensated and overqualified.

[Hewlet]

When I checked the statistics of women who are into Bitcoin and found out that they are less than 10%, it surprised me seriously. It is understandable when we see fewer women than men in sectors that require physical energy to carry out work activity like the military or in the engineering sector but when you still see this same work force difference in the tech and Bitcoin space that they can comfortably do at the comfort of there home, it gets me curious to know the reason that might have been responsible for this huge gap.

I would appreciate if we can talk about this here. What could be responsible for this?

Maybe the reason for this is the limited time that married women have, but for women who are not married or married, it is because they prefer to play around rather than learning something that can make money for them. That's what I've seen around me so far so I wouldn't be surprised to see that there are more men who like Bitcoin than women until now and even next year too.

Another reason that could be a trigger for this is that there are no people who want to tell women to like Bitcoin instead of liking the handsome men they love as their partners in life. So this could also be the cause of the big gap in women liking Bitcoin, although there are also other reasons such as their lack of curiosity about Bitcoin. So their days are spent on other things rather than finding out about Bitcoin via the internet or people around them.

This for me, is a very shallow reasoning you have just given here. Playing around and not being serious with life isn't gender-related at all, anybody can choose not to take his or her life seriously and so I think it should never be considered in the first place.

On your second point, people don't necessarily have to tell women about Bitcoin before they know what it is, as a matter of fact, the majority of those women who are not directly into Bitcoin or tech already know about it but for reasons best known to them, they decided not to venture into that field.

[DeathAngel]

There are many things that contribute to the underrepresentation of women in the Bitcoin community. The tech industry including cryptocurrency has historically been male dominated resulting in fewer women pursuing careers or interests in this field. Barriers like gender stereotypes, lack of female role models & limited access to educational resources can discourage women from getting involved. Creating inclusive spaces, providing mentorship opportunities & promoting diversity could help address this gender gap & encourage more women to participate and contribute to the world of Bitcoin.

[redsun114]

There can be multiple reasons for that, but two of the most probable reasons that I can think of. The first reason is that women, in general, are not that much into the technology we see all around the world, even when it comes to studies, choosing careers, etc., they will mostly go with other things like medicine, arts, management, and many more but it's mostly men that go into this field based on their interests and mindset, probably. And since Bitcoin is technically something that is related to technology, it doesn't interest them a lot, maybe.

The second reason, in my opinion, is that women, all around the globe, are mostly into managing and taking care of their homes instead of managing the finances or working or providing for the family or taking care of the savings and stuff, which is why you don't see a lot of women being interested in or involved with Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies because they don't get into these things and are busy with other stuff most of the time.

[DabsPoorVersion]

AFAIK, there are studies showing that the tech industry was dominated by males. The boys are mostly introduced to gadgets and spend more time on it even at a younger age. Meaning, that most men have a better understanding and a positive view, especially of Bitcoin. Women choose other career based on their preferred ones which they think have more capability like in business, or any other related field.