Lack of Female Representation

I think they are turned off by the men in the hobby. I mean, I wear white socks with sandals as a ploy in order to stay single, but what's your excuse?

There's more truth than humor (and it was some good humor) in that statement. Women, in general, are turned off by too much masculine toxicity. It's systemic in our culture. Take a look at gamergate and the shit they went through with that, and coding and programing. 

They were insulted, threatened with rape, acid attacks and death, just for having a point of view and being better at the job in lots of cases. Now, take one look at what goes on here between the boys and would you advise your wife or daughter to join in on the fun? 

There are women here who post but they're savvy enough to stay clear of what passes for barely concealed insanity that's now passing for normalcy. They have their act together and have for much longer than men.

All the best,
Nonoise

@nonoise Now why did you have to bring up therapy? For some of those on Audiogon, they tried therapy in the attempt to reconcile the issues with their first four marriages, so, apparently therapy just doesn't work! ;-)

My bad.

Amazing how some of these responses boil down to nothing more than, "too bad, grow thicker skin, I'm not gonna change or make any effort to accommodate you, It's your perception which is wrong, etc."

All of that is just validation of how immutably primitive some can be. It also brings out other, associated realms of like thinking (politics) and conflates the two.

This is like going into a therapy session with the intent of telling off the therapist. You go, dudes.

All the best,
Nonoise

Depends on the panel and the experts who participate, which is why you'd need as broad a consensus as possible, staying within sane constraints.

All the best,
Nonoise

audition_audio, 
All I'm asking for is representative balance. Men have just as important things to say about women's issues as women do about men's issues. 
To stack things so as to eliminate other POVs and the groups directly affected is a joke and will achieve nothing and ensure that nothing is accomplished that would benefit the wrongly affected.

All the best,
Nonoise

This is working out like one of those congressional hearings on women's rights and health issues using an all male panel, backed by all male "experts."

The irony abounds.......

All the best,
Nonoise

Coming back to this thread and reading it to the end further convinces me that it was a real misogynist who had my 1st post removed.

All the best,
Nonoise

Anyone remember Elizabeth and the crap she went through here on A'gon. Sometimes her gender was called into question once anyone who argued with her started to lose an argument and long after she left. 
She seemed to be the go to when someone had a grudge.
Women.........

All the best,
Nonoise

So sexism is a part of this hobby.
There was nothing offensive in my post and yet some knuckle dragger took exception to it. Pitiful. Keep on talking about how they do the cooking and think, see and hear differently so that they can be pigeonholed like it's always been done.

All the best,
Nonoise