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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 701538, member: 16948&quot;]Welcome Sasha - and well said on that earlier post!&nbsp; It cracked me up because I felt like an anomaly as well when I first got into coins, and I was an adult.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There was a similar thread on the CU boards asking why there weren&#039;t more women involved in numismatics, and I believe part of the answer is what Sasha said, that women don&#039;t feel welcomed into this overly male populated hobby.&nbsp; The other forum&#039;s comments were filled with even more misogynistic generalizations - actually, it was pretty sickening.&nbsp; It really brought home that our society still has a long way to go to achieve more well rounded diversity.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I do see more and more young women getting involved in coins.&nbsp; I usually participate in a show&#039;s treasure trivia for kids, and each year I do see more young women stop by my table looking for their clue.&nbsp; So there is definite hope for the future!</p><p><br /></p><p>I truly enjoy this business, but I think having thick skin really helps, whether you&#039;re male or female.&nbsp; It used to be that males would walk up to my table and look right past me to one of my helpers to ask their coin question.&nbsp; I would just stand back and smile as my helper would point to me and say &quot;She&#039;s the boss.&quot;&nbsp; The guy would usually cough a few times, stutter, look embarrassed, then after glancing at all the coins in my cases, ask, &quot;Are these all yours?&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Over time and after sort of proving myself, I believe I have become &quot;accepted&quot; and maybe even earned a bit of respect from most of my fellow dealers and male customers - at least I&#039;d like to think so.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And Sasha, you&#039;re welcome at my table any time - rest assured, you will definitely not get any condescension from me or my helpers whatsoever![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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