Re: [Aroid-l] Aroids:

From: Joe Flaherty joeflaherty at usa.net> on 2005.07.22 at 13:16:56(13221) Maybe when you are talking on a really grand scale men could more easily muscle palms around. There are exceptions of course, but I think men probably would be more at ease about taking up all the room it would take to obsess about the really larger plants. These are all purely general and sexist opinions of course. joe +More ------ Original Message ------ Received: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:30:48 PM CDT To: Discussion of aroids Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Aroids: "Equal Opportunity" obsession? Ok...the reason i ask is that in Palms at least, there are many more men than women in the meetings and societies (and forums). Someone suggested it was because Palms signify to guys "freedom", and "tropical beaches with scantily-clad women", etc, etc...i'm sure these plants signify "tropical beaches" to women too though ;-) My feeling is that guys tend to be less interested in "flowers" and more interested in (as some people put it here) the "architecture" of plants - how they look overall, with a tendency away from frilly and bushy plants towards straighter, larger specimens. Personally, i've always had a tendency to like large-leaved tropical plants with strong stems, rather than the flowers on plants (although orchids do attract once in awhile).... --- ted.held@us.henkel.com wrote: > I have been a peripheral member of several hobby > organizations over the > years. Here are my limited observations for growing > and cultivating type > organizations on this topic: > > African violets and gesneriads - women dominate, > numerically > Cryptocoryne (aroids) - men dominate overwhelmingly > Tropical fish - men dominate overwhelmingly > Bromeliads - roughly 50:50, with a slight edge to > women. > > It would be interesting to know if these > observations are general or if > memberships fluctuate over different locations. This > being an aroid list, > we must have the records of convention attendance > and overall membership > for the Aroid Society. > > It is also interesting to record here that I am a > chemist. When I began, > there were very few women chemists. The newer crops > are coming in much > more balanced. Maybe the membership populations of > clubs also change over > time. > > Of course, there are passive members (my typical > category) and active > members. And there are joiners and loners. It is not > easy to know, for > example, if many men grow African violets but don't > want to go to meetings > where the members are all female. Or vice versa. > > Years ago my mother told me that the local garden > club was mostly women, > with a few ardent male gardeners. She also said that > one thing that > characterized the men was that they all grew > Jack-in-a-pulpits. This is > Zone 5, USA. I have a garden full of > Jack-in-a-pulpits. I conform to > profile.> _______________________________________________ > Aroid-l mailing list > Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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