According to Cointelegraph, a recent survey by the blog Date Psychology found that women perceive cryptocurrency as one of the most unattractive hobbies a man can have. The survey, conducted on August 24, included a convenience sample of 814 people, with 48% being female. The authors noted that the sample population disproportionately included women of high social status, with a high level of education, and who are predominantly White.
Female respondents were asked to rate a list of 74 hobbies as either 'attractive' or 'unattractive.' Only 23.1% of women found crypto to be an attractive hobby, while around a third found comic books and cosplaying attractive. This placed crypto as the second-most unattractive 'nerd' hobby to women, behind collecting products from Funko, which makes pop culture and media-based bobblehead figures. Other hobbies deemed unattractive included video games and magic tricks.
Interestingly, when male respondents were asked which hobbies they thought women would find attractive, 13.7% believed women would be attracted to men involved in crypto. However, the majority of men correctly identified playing an instrument as the most attractive hobby to women. The survey results showed that women found reading to be 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%).
The authors of the survey added that despite these results, hobbies should be based on personal enjoyment rather than what others find attractive, as those choosing hobbies based on external perceptions 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 that women were more skeptical of investing in, trading, or using crypto compared to men. Only 10% of women in that survey had ever traded, used, or invested in crypto, compared to 25% of men. Of the women who had ever used crypto, nearly 40% responded that they no longer hold any, compared to around 30% of men who had also sold their crypto holdings.
