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Men in crypto less attractive to women than cosplayers, anime buffs: Survey​

Women perceive crypto as one of the most unattractive hobbies a man can have, even more so than watching anime, cosplaying or reading comic books, according to a recent survey.

Crypto was seen as the ninth-most unattractive hobby for males, the Aug. 24 survey by the Date Psychology blog found, which was a convenience sample of 814 people, 48% of which were female.

The authors noted that based on past surveys, their sample population disproportionately includes women of “high social status,” with a high level of education and who are predominately white.

Female respondents were asked if they found a list of 74 hobbies either “attractive” or “unattractive.” Only 23.1% said crypto was an attractive hobby, while around a third found comic books and cosplaying attractive.

It left crypto as the second-most unattractive so-called “nerd” hobby to women — behind collecting products from Funko, which makes pop culture and media-based bobblehead figures.

It seems some men haven’t received the memo yet.

When male respondents were asked which hobbies they thought females would find attractive, 13.7% believed women would be attracted to men in crypto.

However, most men responded that they thought women would find playing an instrument the most attractive hobby, and they were right.

The results show that females thought reading was the most attractive hobby for a man (98.2%), followed by knowing or learning a foreign language (95.6%) and playing an instrument (95.4%).

They added that despite the survey results, hobbies should be based on what a person enjoys, and those choosing hobbies based on what others find attractive are unlikely to stick with them.

The latest survey results come after an April 2023 Pew Research poll of 10,701 United States adults, including 5,936 women, found women were more skeptical of investing in, trading or using crypto than men.

Just 10% of women in that survey had ever traded, used or invested in crypto, compared to 25% of surveyed men.

Of the women who had ever used crypto, nearly 40% responded that they don’t hold crypto anymore, compared to around 30% of men who used and sold it.

 

[Xev]

Nobody, woman or otherwise, thinks magic tricks are cooler than video games

 

[Spooky Dogwood]

Men in crypto are broke pajeets, so it makes sense.

 

[GunCar Gary]

Wtf do women want exactly?

Any sort of creative skill. Painting, woodwork, writing. ... The more I think about it, sometimes it's not even the hobby itself. It's the image of who does the hobby.

and there you have your answer. what women want is whatever their mind fantasies are feeling like that day. unless you present yourself as a harmless gay man with boring woman hobbies for the first few dates (until you enter the bedroom, at which point you're supposed to morph into whatever romance novel they've been reading that week) you're toast with the average modern woman. it's a delicate dance of trying not to offend her based on whatever media she happened to consume this week

it's impossible to guess what women want because they don't even know what they want and every opinion they have is influenced by outside sources. the best way to attract a woman is to show her you're a stable new anchor point for her to latch onto, instead of another man writing smut or the government or the news. there's no special trick to it, it's just a lot of work

 

[im5!XxhO]

If you have crypto as "your hobby" you are almost guaranteed to be an insufferable fuck up. The dudes that made more than 60ct in crypto at least pretend to be entrepreneurs.

 

[Party Hat Wurmple]

Men are every bit as dismissive of women who do or don't do certain things, and some skills we may or may not know have an impact on how we're seen just as often.

Maybe I stare too much at the sun on this topic, but to me a lot of things women actually want like what you stated above is a red flag. Generally I find that most men want to be dated and loved for their personalities as opposed to anything they do, including myself. Whether that's conducive to reality or not is irrelevant to most men. Women who value creativity, ambition, drive, etc. just come off as shallow to me. Personality is far more enduring.

Honestly when I hear women attracted to ambition and drive it just makes me think of money and I'm instantly turned off. Same goes for art or creativity. It feels like someone else is tainting my hobby. Rather than genuinely being interested in me in general. Maybe I'm an outlier on this, but if I were a celebrity I would probably only marry a woman who I was with prior to being famous. Otherwise I'd much rather prefer staying alone. I've always been really turned off by women who say they like band guys or something along those lines.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, no woman is owed your hobby. I think if I were a painter, I'd sooner marry a woman who hates art than an art fanatic. Or a woman hate sports as a football player. I view my hobby as my own and I'm not really interested in sharing it.

 

[indigoisviolet]

Shit. Some are still clawing through the filters, chaps.

 

[God of Nothing]

oh my god who cares
also
>survey

 

[MadDisaster]

I can see why it wouldn't be an attractive hobby. There's nothing wrong with crypto in and of itself, but if someone says it's their hobby, they might as well say they're a gambler, a scammer, or a gullible idiot. The idea of dating someone constantly hunting for the next "big" crypto to lose their life savings on is about as appealing as dating one of the dudes on r/wallstreetbets.

 

[Karen of Human Resources]

[Words]

You know what? There's nothing wrong with that, and that's perfectly fine.

There is no wrong answer here, and what people want or seek in their partners is very subjective and all have different factors contributing to it.

When it comes to being "loved for who we are"...I'm struggling to phrase this, and I apologise if this veers into exaggeration; it's purely to demonstrate the point.

Unconditional love is rare, the only times I have seen it is a mother towards her child and even then it doesn't always exist. Almost all affection is based on something. Shared experiences, services rendered, being pleasant company. A lot of different factors packed into one.

There is going to be a woman out there who is a Funko pops fanatic who thinks any guy into that is the best thing ever. There are a lot more women out there who think it's a bit weird.

It isn't fair, but some qualities make us easier to be loved than others. That's not to say anyone is fundamentally unlovable, even Hitler (lol Godwins law) had a woman so madly in love with him she followed him to the end. But there are traits that make us easier to get along with, and build deeper relationships with than others.

 

[JustTheFaxcts]

Obviously bonsai is the sexiest hobby, you can't tell me this man isn't making women wetter than his well draining soil mixes:

 

[Party Hat Wurmple]

It isn't fair, but some qualities make us easier to be loved than others. That's not to say anyone is fundamentally unlovable, even Hitler (lol Godwins law) had a woman so madly in love with him she followed him to the end. But there are traits that make us easier to get along with, and build deeper relationships with than others.

I understand that. What I'm getting at is that men want to be loved for who they are, not what they do. I genuinely find it shallow when women flock to certain hobbies or jobs. I'm sure a majority of men do too or there wouldn't be a Woman Hate thread. The women who say they only want doctors; come off as the absolute pits whom if I were a doctor, would never give the time of day to. I don't think women have any awareness of how shallow they come off when they say these things, and to be fair they shouldn't because it's normal to them. However, it's the notion of they love the uniform, not you. I guess that idea gives me the male equivalent of the ick.

On a side note, I've always had this thought but never really been able to be articulate this properly before so I thank you for that.

 

[4090 Chad]

I had a few friends that really went down the crypto rabbit hole a few years ago... and I don't care about them getting into crypto, but when I was in their vicinity, it was literally the ONLY thing they would talk about. It made it harder to want to hang out with them if I knew all of my crypto friends would be together at the same time.

 

[Shroom King]

*trade crypto to avoid paying taxes*
*tell your gossipy girlfriend about the money you make on crypto*
*shocked Pikachu face when getting audited a year later*

 

[Karen of Human Resources]

I understand that. What I'm getting at is that men want to be loved for who they are, not what they do. I genuinely find it shallow when women flock to certain hobbies or jobs. I'm sure a majority of men do too or there wouldn't be a Woman Hate thread. The women who say they only want doctors; come off as the absolute pits whom if I were a doctor, would never give the time of day to. I don't think women have any awareness of how shallow they come off when they say these things, and to be fair they shouldn't because it's normal to them. However, it's the notion of they love the uniform, not you. I guess that idea gives me the male equivalent of the ick.

On a side note, I've always had this thought but never really been able to be articulate this properly before so I thank you for that.

There's a women hate thread? Somehow I'm not too shocked.

I agree to an extent. Women who say they're looking for a doctor aren't looking for a man, they're looking for a meal ticket. Gold diggers. Socially acceptable prostitution. Men are quite right to be wary of this creature.

Women do have to make some considerations though that, perhaps you can correct me, men don't seem to consider as often. Most women, whatever 3rd/4th wave feminists and anti natalits say want kids. When you want kids, you want to try and make sure their father isn't a deadbeat, or isn't so deeply engrossed in their fandom hobby they won't prioritise their kids above it.

Love matters. But love can grow over time. I wouldn't have sought an MD because they were an MD and I'd never need to work again, but I would have taken it as a positive indicator that this guy might have a degree of stability.

That said, I did start out from a similarly high-level professional role, and I was in a position where I was able to resolve never to 'marry down'. Maybe that is a negative mark against my character, though I have never needed a man as a meal ticket.

Lust is emotional, attraction is helpful, but that and love can be cultivated.

 

[Übertroon]

Women in my experience almost always have no hobbies pet hoarding or plant hoarding doesn't count and neither do quartz crystals or tarot so the fuck do they know about giving opinions on them?

Women adopt the hobbies of the man, my wife paint the tank models and sew up the moth holes on the Wehrmacht uniforms

 

[klarine]

Keep in mind that this is what (not all) women think 'reading' is:
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I know a whole bunch of women from a reading group I am part of that can only read this type of shit. They are incapable of reading anything deeper than your average "CEO x virgin" novel.

I find it very disturbing but also really fucking funny. They lend these books amongst eachother and its always the most amazing corny titles with half naked faceless men on the cover.

 

[VargReallyDidNothingWrong]

I was on a date a few weeks ago and she started bitching about how men with gym selfies, and hunting/fishing pics on Tinder gave her the "ick" and how she doesn't want to see "your dead animals."

So women think nerd shit is unattractive

They also think stereotypical macho shit is unattractive.

Wtf do women want exactly?

They want themselves, except able to pay for their dinners and manicures.

 

[Party Hat Wurmple]

There's a women hate thread? Somehow I'm not too shocked.

Someone made a Man Hate Thread and in response, a Woman Hate Thread was made. It was this whole big thing with the end result being the tag in name.

Bottom line is, men want genuine affection and conditional affection whether it's warranted or not always seems to cause problems down the line later on. It often doesn't end well for the guy who's a starving artist and meets an artsy girl who loves his creativity. Bills pile up, he takes corporate job, she leaves because he changed. Guys know this song and dance all too well. That's why I call it shallow.

It's part of why I think dating apps are so terrible. It destroys natural connection.

 

[Suel Forrester]

and there you have your answer. what women want is whatever their mind fantasies are feeling like that day. unless you present yourself as a harmless gay man with boring woman hobbies for the first few dates (until you enter the bedroom, at which point you're supposed to morph into whatever romance novel they've been reading that week) you're toast with the average modern woman. it's a delicate dance of trying not to offend her based on whatever media she happened to consume this week

thats retarded and really no way to live

it's impossible to guess what women want because they don't even know what they want and every opinion they have is influenced by outside sources. the best way to attract a woman is to show her you're a stable new anchor point for her to latch onto, instead of another man writing smut or the government or the news. there's no special trick to it, it's just a lot of work

could be possible if women actually WANTED to anchor to something. they have no sense of relationship priorities

 

[Baraka Obama]

Women in my experience almost always have no hobbies pet hoarding or plant hoarding doesn't count and neither do quartz crystals or tarot so the fuck do they know about giving opinions on them?

How old are you?

Every woman in their 30s I know got into grandma hobbies at some point. Crochet, knitting, quilting, sewing / making clothing, gardening, baking, one woman even got into collecting decorative fucking plates.

Women in their 20s seem to just do a vapid cycle of starbucks, shopping, travel, and doomscrolling and eventually it becomes mind numbing for them too.