Where are the female Audiophiles?

I can't offer any genetic evidence for you, but based on my own personal experience with women I've been intimate with throughout my audiophile life, I would have to go along with Douglas' opinion. I also don't believe that it has anything to do with making a woman feel "equal".

Is there a Mrs. Tennis?

there is a mrs. tennis. she is quite tolerant but disinterested as to audio matters as well as my taste in music.

we are all entitled to our opinions as to why there are so few women who are serious about this hobby. however, as long as we don't take these opinions too seriously, it's ok. if makes no sense to accept generalizations based upon limited experience.

Mrtennis, something tells me you don't want to believe such differences could exist. By the way OF COURSE men's and women's brains will be mostly identical! However, the differences are critical! If you can't see that, I'm not going to spend an hour culling info on it. Do some homework! I'm not about to come with all sorts of data only to have you with a negative, argumentative attitude and discount it. Maybe you'll see if you research it yourself. If it's not important enough to you, so be it. No skin of our backs...

Call me "sexist" having stereotypical impressions of women, or whatever you like, but if you reject what I've said, then you're going to have a bit of difficulty getting along with the opposite sex.

What a naive idea, "If women were treated as equals..." You obviously don't understand: A man can treat a woman as equal as anyone can, yet women typically AREN'T INTERESTED IN machines and solitary activites like some men. Maybe sexist thinking on the part of women is behind men not wanting to belong to book clubs or not watching QVC for an hour a day as well?

MrT, you're a good guy around here; I mean no ill feelings, no disrespect. I agree that more accommodation to introduce them to audio and educating them would be highly valuable. But, I think that we've got a trend that spans decades going here, and it's not about to change now.

The one exception I see is Stock Car Racing: Hunky drivers, music, etc. tied in with a HIGHLY SOCIAL setting has turned on women to the sport. In most audiophile's lives there's not much social about the hobby. Hah, in some audiophile rooms there's only ONE listening chair. I wonder what THAT says about inviting others to the party? Yes, my room has several chairs, and every time my wife spends time listening without fail I offer her the optimum chair. Most of the time she doesn't want to sit there, as it's higher back bothers her neck. I guess she's not a good audiophile. :)

I'm leaving this topic (at least for now); I'm not devoting more time to this discussion.

Women are not equal ----- they are equivalent.

This may seem like petty semantics but I mean to indicate that , while they are not inferior to men, they are clearly not the same. Stereotypes are always based in fact. They are generalizations which may not fit anyone perfectly but nonetheless survive as useful caricatures of a group.

Audio is a silly obsession to those who remain uninfected. For the most part I think women just dismiss the whole thing as "his hobby" and feign interest because they are interested in us and not our perversion.

It's important that we not behave like religious zealots. There is no reason to proselytize. Just share your fun with those who you deem worthy and try to be sensitive to their level of interest. If they don't care, so what? You can still have fun with your solitary preoccupation and your other half can do something else as well.