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<p>[QUOTE="KeviniswhoIam, post: 4781109, member: 94430"]Same for me, but in my Granddaughter....shes almost 4 and has a better collection foisted on her (by me) than any of my 4 children who have ZERO interest in our hobby. I buy her contemporary US Mint sets.....proof sets, silver walkers, etc, in the hopes she will glean some interest....so far to no avail, as shes not quite 4. </p><p><br /></p><p>I dont feel there are any real barriers to women collecting, but thats easy for me to say, a guy. I know of the women on this forum, they have considerable knowledge over my own, and would not ridicule such. I cant say as I have seen any type of prejudice or misogynism here either, but to be fair, I am not as sensitive to that as women may be.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with what some said above in that females appear to have more of an interest in other things....cooking, knitting, crochet, cruel, etc, where fewer men seem to have an interest. I dont know why that is, its probably a doctoral thesis for a more erudite mind than my own.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KeviniswhoIam, post: 4781109, member: 94430"]Same for me, but in my Granddaughter....shes almost 4 and has a better collection foisted on her (by me) than any of my 4 children who have ZERO interest in our hobby. I buy her contemporary US Mint sets.....proof sets, silver walkers, etc, in the hopes she will glean some interest....so far to no avail, as shes not quite 4. I dont feel there are any real barriers to women collecting, but thats easy for me to say, a guy. I know of the women on this forum, they have considerable knowledge over my own, and would not ridicule such. I cant say as I have seen any type of prejudice or misogynism here either, but to be fair, I am not as sensitive to that as women may be. I agree with what some said above in that females appear to have more of an interest in other things....cooking, knitting, crochet, cruel, etc, where fewer men seem to have an interest. I dont know why that is, its probably a doctoral thesis for a more erudite mind than my own.[/QUOTE]
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