Where are the female Audiophiles?

I think it must be genetic, with the allele on the sex defining chromosone. It is likely the loss of a suppresor protein which exists as a homozygote in the XX female vs. the Male XY. It is obviously only expressed if homozygote. This being entirely speculative and therefore it could in fact be the inverse i.e. the gene is a promoter that must be on the Y chromosone.
In my case it is probably simply doing what my Father did.
My sister and wife are very talented musicians. Both listen to music but don't care about the equipment other than WAF. My wife listens to my secondary rig which is in my living room fairly frequently but at 60 db. She usually gets P.O.ed with my 80 +/- Db volume preference.

It's amazing how many other things my wife can find to do when I'm trying to explain why an external DAC is essential. Merry Christmas to all!

Back to the car dealerships - women cite hating the entire car dealership experience. It's the biggest problem the car mfgrs have since guess what, women influence/decide almost all high ticket family decisions... and also have plenty of discretionary income of their own.

It may also be that guys get their own money to spend as they want and comes time to buy audio they don't want to go through the whole process with their mate. In other words they only want approval and admiration after the purchase.

It may be (as in my case) that my mate could care less about the technology (though she is very technical) and only cares about the music.

Finally I think it is a lot easier for a retail sales guy to pressure a guy then a woman or a couple... A guy is wired to believe in snake oil and gold mines and let's face it is more likely to buy the bridge...

"Your woman, in the meantime, will make the phone calls, go shopping with friends, eat chocolate, try to get your attention (!), or, if she's still in the room, she'll likely want to dance and move to the music rather than just sitting and listening."

"Women collect shoes and your $$$ :) !!!!!"

I'm sure that if the 2 men who wrote the above responses knew how shallow and misogynist there remarks are, they'de say I was being too sensitive.

I am female, and an audiophile. I love chocolate (the good dark stuff only please). Shoes? I'm a sucker for them, just like I am for a good power cord. Oh, and I went shopping for a leather jacket the other day. What a rush that was!! And what a beautiful jacket it is.

Why aren't there more female audiophiles? I coulnd't say.

As for Pzuckerman' survey. Opposites attract.

Me:

Audiophile
Woman
Feeler
Introvert
Things
System

Go figure.

Oh, and sometimes I do get up from my sweet spot and dance to the music.

Bander,

"Shoes? I'm a sucker for them, just like I am for a good power cord. "

You killed me with that line! Thanks for the chuckle!