40 sats \ 4 replies \ @joda 15 May 2023 \ on: To Reach Women, Bitcoiners Should Change Their Approach bitcoin
My experience talking to Western women is they are completely repelled by the "bro" community-- and a deeper dive only reveals sub-communities of libertarian, anti-mask, covid-denying, climate-denying, conspiracist carnivores. No judgement from me; it's just what's there to see if you step one foot past Lyn Alden or Andreas Antonopoulos.
Western women will likely be drawn in when the grocery bill goes up 50 percent in a year.
Global South women use Bitcoin out of necessity, to preserve against hyperinflation, protect against theft, or remit abroad.
Also, women on average tend to be more risk averse than men.
Given how risky crypto (keep in mind people conflate it with Bitcoin) has become, it's no wonder it attracts this bro-ishness. Then you pepper in the toxic masculinity and misanthropic attitudes of some vocal right libertarians, I'm not surprised more women aren't into Bitcoin.
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I'm honestly not sure why this particular cohort of bitcoin is so visible lately. I don't remember there being such a hive-mind when it came to "people that are enthusiastic about and use bitcoin" back in 2015 or so. Somehow the libertarian/carnivore set of people seem to be the ones dominating the discussion on places like Twitter.
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To be clear, I do think there is a diversity of thought in Bitcoin, I just don't think it shows up well on Twitter. Plenty of different types on Telegram and in podcasts and such.
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