RE: [Dtube Exclusive] BuzzSteem Ep. 34 - An Open Letter to @Ned
I object to the characterization of Steem as a "sausagefest".
@theaudgirl pointed to statistics which showed that crypto as a whole has a male to female ratio of approximately 20:1, which is clearly abysmal. Steem however bucks the trend on male:female ratios. I go to several events in the crypto space, and the typical ratio is that 10% or fewer attendees are female, I was at one just on Monday with 9 women out of about 90 in attendance.
On the other hand both Steemfest 1 and 2 had about 30% female attendance. The meetups I've been to have similar ratios, and the traffic stats show between 20-30% of the web traffic is likely female users.
Yes that's still at least 2 men for every 1 woman, however compared to the general crypto space and even the tech space, that is actually really damn good in comparison. 1 in 3 is far, far better than 1 in 20 (crypto) and 1 in 10 (general tech, software jobs).
We certainly have further to go but what we have achieved so far in terms of bringing women into the crypto space should be commended.
I agree with you on the issue of bullies with large SP.
Haha. Well, Arwen and Aowen were written in as main characters in the Lord of the Rings movies, but it was still a considerable sausage fest. Plus, the amount of women attending Steem stuff is hardly comparable to the whole userbase on Steemit, only because women are more social in general, and probably more likely to attend something like that to get attention. (I don't mean that in a narcissistic way, I mean that more like "hey there are girls here too, take notice".) Either way, most of the apps are still pretty male-centric. Dmania seems to highly upvote mainly men, and dlive has mainly male gamers. Dtube has really done the best job bringing content from both I think! This was absolutely not intended as a male bash-sesh. Heck most of my followers are male, and I love every one of them! I am just trying to come up with ideas to expand the user base, and I think creating content that is attractive to ladies is a good idea!
I agree that women are more likely to attend events than the general userbase, but that applies in both crypto generally and Steem (5% women in crypto but 10% at crypto meetups). The traffic stats at a minimum suggest 20% female user traffic on Steemit.com (likely more). While 4 men for every 1 woman is still a lot of guys, it's 4 times better than the ratio in crypto broadly, and even better than most of the tech/software space.
I agree we can do more and we have good reason to want to attract a female audience (there is a reason department stores always put women's sections at the front despite men typically earning more money).