What are your thoughts?
I think the reason there aren't many women in crypto land is because they simply don't care. It seems like many women are usually more interested in fashion and gossip. Plus, if the woman is pretty she will have hordes of men trying to give her everything she wants in hopes of 'winning her.' So there is no incentive for her to create and build things that will make her rich, powerful or admired. Men are already doing that.
Sexist stereotyping probably isn't going to help...
Well then why aren't there many women in this space?
I recently read an article on psychology today talking about stereotypes. The author was basically saying that there is an element of truth to stereotypes and that that is why they even exist in the first place. Trust me I'd like to believe that stereotypes hold no truth but maybe that author was right.
i.e. Black men are deadbeat dads
conservatives are religious
most latinos are descendant of Mexico
Most stereotypes are correct to a level of statistical significance, but that doesn't necessarily make them helpful in our current paradigm. We are still working with pretty outdated hardware (and software).
Our brains developed in such a way as to need to categorize objects in the world around us. It is, as with most everything else with which we are equipped, a mechanism that has served us well in many respects throughout evolution of humankind. For instance, our ancestors were stereotyping tigers when they categorized them as predators that could potentially harm them...and thus stayed alive instead of going up and attempting to hug it. Stereotypes have served useful functions in the past paradigms.
Unfortunately those who control the media and high echelons of power are very well aware of these tendencies and to a large degree have found ways to both create and use false stereotypes against us. Propaganda is very effective in war and its chief intents are threefold:
1) to instill fear and doubt in the opponent
2) to divide the opponents within their own ranks
3) to ensure the loyalty of those who side with the contextual framing of reality promoted by the "elite"
Fortunately, we are also the only known species capable of something called "metacognition" (
the ability to think about how we think). This means that if we are careful we can rise above the negative consequences of stereotypes engineered to pit us against each other. However, humans are also the only known species in existence capable of what is called "metacognition" (thinking about how we think)...so if we are mindful, we will be able to gain an incredible resilience to the propaganda that is intended to divide us.
As for woman not being in crypto...it is a fact that they are not here in as large of numbers. This is simply because they are members of demographics to which crypto hasn't really yet reached...there are just as many reasons that females would like to use crypto as for males to use them.. but I suspect that we are so early in the game that only the techy demographic (primarily populated by males) is around to really consider how valuable it will become.