Failure is only ever the lack of will to try. Nothing worth achieving comes easily, though often fate gives you an early win that juices you up enough to keep striving to make that capability everyday.
There may be few women in Bitcoin, but the ones that are in it are the best kind, the ones who like to fly. It is good to see one homing in on this important element - the sharing of knowledge and the encouragement to keep trying, and become a member of that elite group who failed a thousand times and then overcame it and made their friends proud. You ladies are very important to the project as a whole, since ultimately, you're often going to be the ones buying the groceries and keeping track of bills, women are really good at that stuff, and making cool tech is one thing but until the rubber hits the road and it makes a difference to the every day life it is empty.
Keep it up!
The will to try is stronger if you are surrounded by people who encourage you, such as teachers and coaches, supportive friends etc. Or if you realize you are getting less encouragement and then can compensate for it… less tiring to receive encouragement though, for sure.
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If one wanted more women in bitcoin, is the solution to be extra encouraging to women?
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My point is do your best to be equally encouraging while never coddling.
Well. Actually my point is ‘women, do bitcoin no matter what men do or tony do. It’s not about the men’
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So avoid othering. Always a safe bet.
Kind of curious: in your opinion, do biological differences play a role in predisposing men to succeed at bitcoin or are the fail/succeed differences purely sociocultural? If it's not purely sociocultural, how much (permitting rough guesses) do you think is biological?
I don't mean biological in a naive way - just in the sense that genders influence the probability of certain behaviors/interests/personality traits.
I personally take the view that some of this "result" is biologically determined and culturally over-enforced.
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