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I also posted this to Ask Lemmy, but I am interested in specifically other women’s perspectives as well.

I have a bunch of hobbies, which range from female dominated to a solid mix of participants. However, for a hobby that has a good number of both men and women involved, there seems to be a gap in the participation and achievement levels in a way that mostly aligns with gender. A friend of mine mentioned we would have to look at how men engage with hobbies.

Do you feel that the ways men and women engage with hobbies generally, but especially when they share the same hobby still differs?

  • Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    I responded in the other post as well, but I do want to add here that the difference in achievement or time available feels like it comes down to the general gender gap where women are the house minders.

    A woman isn’t going to have the same levels of engagement if she’s busy minding the house, kids, dinner, finances - or whatever have you.

    I feel like this is something one can visualize through history. Mozart is the accomplished man, Da Vinci is the accomplished man, Einstein, Tesla, Sammy Sosa, etc etc etc. Yes those men had talent, but that doesn’t mean that their time wasn’t built upon the backs of the women who cared for the rest of their lives.

    And that’s all getting off topic, but in general I don’t think the average woman (in a relationship especially) can approach a hobby with the same levels of verve or whatever because of the inherent gender gap. Of course this isn’t true everywhere or for everyone, but, y’know, sweeping generalizations and such ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯