Why do almost all women today hate home audio?

I think the main reason for women not being into high quality audio is an asset allocation issue, not to mention gender bias.  In my youth young men my age had two things they spent their disposable income on, cars and stereo.

It was my experience women loved music and enjoyed listening, but did not prioritize gear.  Women turned me onto Jethro Tull and Steve Miller in the early 70s.

When shopping for gear with my wife when we bought our first house together, she was good if I wanted the big Maggies (20.1), but I did not want to go that strong dollar wise.  We both have loved our 3.6 Maggies for almost 20 years now.

One thing I have noticed is that for whatever reason, more men like to sit alone and listen to music and design critical listening situations that arecealy not designed for group listening. 
 

Given the similarity to the car hobby (I am also into cars, have owned 4 Austin Healeys in my past, not to mention Mercedes) I just think it is asset allocation by gender that is cultural.

Back in the days when there were bookstores you could go to the men's magazine section and compare it to the women's magazine section.  Men and Women don't have remotely similar interests, generally speaking.  Of course audio always has been and always will be very male.  There could've been an exception in apparent interest when audio stuff was a mainstream status symbol but those days are long gone.  It's niche now and the ladies aren't interested.

I was surprised and happy to find that when my 28 yr. old daughter and her boyfriend visited, they sat patiently and listened to a 70 minute 'best of CD' I'd burned. Songs that showed off my system.

They both had their eyes closed the whole time, feet-a-tappin.

Afterwards, the BF said (very excitedly). "OMG, that wasn't just music, that was an EXPERIENCE!"

Fist time they'd ever heard what music should sound like. Made me smile and think, there may be hope for the future.

   Of greater importance (seems to me) is the method women use* to exert their influence on men when:

(A) envious of the spending 

(B) feeling ignored

(C) they hate the appearance in the home 

(D) All of the above

                                                          *:

                                https://youtu.be/OTJ3RQSa1PU

           Truly: the oldest profession/extortion method in the World.

My lady loves music but she has hearing loss so my gear is kind of lost on her.   I am often at her place because it is close to my work.   She has a boom box that is always playing something.   That's her Hi Fi rig.  She has a diverse taste in music , she is all over the map.     She now has hearing aids and it is definitely improving her quality of life. 

The last time she was over my place we were playing some records and streaming her favorite tunes.   She liked it.   She doesn't hear it with the same fidelity I do but it was fun.