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 alings 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?
dancing is overwhelming woman centric and has been since forever, especially in the USA. it’s also largely limited to more affluent people.
very very few young boys are encouraged in dance. so yes, women would basically have huge advantages because of gender and institutional pressures.
ever dancer i have ever known was a very affluent woman. I’ve never known any male dancers. the only guys i knew into dance were the super uber nerds into contra dance, and yeah, they were not people who were physically coordinated in any way.
but dance has so many styles etc. the ratio of female to male ballet dancers is like 20 to 1.
the reason men don’t dance is because it’s considered effeminate.
The ratio of competitive hip hop or breaking seems the opposite of ballet?