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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MissSasha, post: 701585, member: 20786&quot;]Thank you The_Penny_Lady, I&#039;m glad there actually ARE other women into the same hobby!</p><p><br /></p><p>Just to clear something up, I wasn&#039;t saying it&#039;s the fact that the hobby is male-dominated that&#039;s a concern for me. I don&#039;t mind at all actually, more guys that are fellow collectors to talk to who are willing to teach and share their experience as they don&#039;t perceive me as competition or a threat like they do other males. I guess that&#039;s &quot;preferential treatment&quot; lol. Too bad that most dealers I&#039;ve met fall in the second category.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s the select vocal few that spew ignorance like a tapped oil well that annoy me. 90% of people in the hobby and on this board are super-nice and have been nothing but helpful and friendly. But the vocal minority that propagates the detrimental treatment or exclusion of women from the hobby, in general and on this board, are the ones that put women off. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m in awe of all the work you have done to expand the hobby and admire people such as yourself! When I was a Girl Scout leader I always tried to get the younger girls to get interested in nature and science, as that&#039;s my area of study at the university. If given the chance, they took to it pretty well! I noticed with kids if you introduce them to as many things early as possible, they will be more open-minded later in life and usually won&#039;t post commentary about women receiving preferential treatment everywhere later in life <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d love to stop by one of your tables, but I don&#039;t travel much and just going t my first convention (dealt only with stores and online so far) this month in Connecticut, CoinFest. I know you are on the other coast, but let me know if you&#039;ll be there![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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