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Andrea
"Waste Not, Want Not" - RECYCLE
On Dec 21, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Shelly Whitworth-King wrote:
A topic that's been brought up before .... and no doubt, will be
raised again .... and again.
As fabulous as shoes are (yes, they truly are!), I'll take posters
over them any day.
Shelly
> Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:30:08 -0800
> From: m...@vintagemovieart.ca
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] what do YOU think is the reason there are far
more men than women in this hobby?
> To: mop...@sol03.american.edu
>
> Men collect movie posters. Women collect shoes and purses.
>
> O'boy are we going to be in hot water now. were joking we are
joking!!
>
> dario.
>
>
> McDaniel Kirby wrote:
> > men are more artistic?
> > women are only vessels for childbearing?
> > men appreciate a good investment?
> > women only like to spend their husbands money for renovations and
> > clothes (for them)?
> > men appreciate nostalgia because for many of them it harkens
back to a
> > time before they were married?
> > women's idea of nostalgia is looking back on their daughter's
first
> > dance recital or their son's first t-ball game?
> > men love the idea that it irks their wives?
> >
> > all of these come to mind.
> >
> > K.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Dec 20, 2008, at 4:25 PM, Bruce Hershenson wrote:
> >
> >> I know that movie poster collecting is mostly a male hobby, but I
> >> would estimate I have between 5% and 10% females among my 30,000
> >> customers, and I wonder how many female collectors post here on
MoPo.
> >>
> >> I also wonder if any of the females here have an opinion as to
WHY
> >> there are so many more male collectors than female. After all,
I see
> >> nothing at all gender based in this hobby, unlike say baseball
cards,
> >> where all the players are men. There are certainly a lot of
movies
> >> that appeal more to women than men, and I would think a high
> >> percentage of movies are completely "gender neutral" (appeal
equally
> >> to men and women).
> >>
> >> So what do YOU think is the reason there are far more men than
women
> >> in this hobby?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Bruce
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