Pollywaffle Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 I think I have been making an assumption about this forum for too long now..I actually thought that most of the forum members were women..probably coz I’m one !! But I just read a response in a thread and the person acknowledged that they were a man..and I was thrown. Isn’t it interesting and telling, that I associate dog ownership/care-giving to be a predominantly female activity...I really must apologise for the stereotyping and also, apologise to all those male dog lovers/owners out there...whoever you are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazyWal Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 There's a few blokes on here but they are pretty out numbered :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lavendergirl Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Oh yes - most posters are women all right. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 I'm on a photography forum and it's probably more men than women there. They usually assume I'm a bloke. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pie Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 There are also quite a few women with 'male' usernames, Steve, Erny etc just to add to the confusion :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koalathebear Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 I also find in rescue that there's more female rescuers than male rescuers. Dog sports also seem to have more women - but presumably ownership is probably roughly equal! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pollywaffle Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 so far, your responses seem to support my theory..i.e no men yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavik Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 I also find in rescue that there's more female rescuers than male rescuers. Dog sports also seem to have more women - but presumably ownership is probably roughly equal! :) Depends what sport! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsegal98 Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Don't think you can mistake me for a man with my username! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisys Mum Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Or me :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nawnim Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Male user name but I'm female too. I pretended to be male as part of the anonymity but I've given up on that now. :laugh: I think most rescuers, which is where I started from, are female but I would have thought agility (and obedience?) people were fairly evenly divided. Probably wrong as I am on most things. Being on Dol is a humbling experience! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juice Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 (edited) I think we scare the men away ( except Sam man who is a sucker for punishment :laugh: ), or they get snapped up by dolers and are never seen again :D Edited September 21, 2012 by juice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimax Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 I'm female ... Max is my pups name, and she's also female :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekhbet Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Depends what sport! Yup. I'm one of the few females that rock up ... mmmmm more eye candy for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabbath Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 I guess I was the male mentioned in by the OP. Where's the rest of the guys? I'm feeling in the smallest of minorities right now! Haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hortfurball Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Funny when I joined I thought most members would be men because of the 'computer nerd' image being mostly male. Soon worked out that most were female though. I think there are just as many male dog owners, but a lot of them don't 'chat' about their dogs the way we do (or feel the need to join a forum about dogs). Also, this being a purebred forum, I'm guessing females would outnumber males in the show and breeding world and that would be reflected here. Sabbath, they are here but you have to look hard! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizT Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 No confusion over LizT :laugh: Don't think there would be many blokes using a "female" name. I find in the equestrian world..which was once so male dominated...with many a good horseman around..is now predominately female...except at the higher levels of competition...interesting isn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podengo Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 All of the dog forums I am on have more women than men... Actually from what I have seen there are more women than men in agility, obedience, working trials, showing... Men are like gold in our agility clubs LOL they are so useful for shifting all that heavy gear!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavik Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 All of the dog forums I am on have more women than men... Actually from what I have seen there are more women than men in agility, obedience, working trials, showing... Men are like gold in our agility clubs LOL they are so useful for shifting all that heavy gear!! Same with men at our agility club - we really appreciate them and try to let them know that too :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Rusty Bucket Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 For my first 10 years or so on computer networks, they all thought I was a bloke and then they'd call me gay, and I'd write "you say that like it's a bad thing". (and same if they knew and called me a female dog). certainly on the more techy forums they all think you're a bloke. At least now they've stopped preening and trying to impress like excited pigeons when they find a female on the net. I get confused in here when people have cute blokes in their avatars but aren't blokes ie they put their wonderwall hero as their avatar. It's not so bad when they put their fave dog in their avatar. Note - I just made my avatar to be something easy to find when scrolling through lots of posts - like a big red(not) dot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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