Grant, I enjoyed your psychological profile of the male vs. female and younger vs. older investor. I don't agree w/ 90% of what you said, but it was fun to watch you try to find a rationale for what you've posted. I do fear, however, that you'll find many here who do not fit the profiles you've laid out.
You should never let the names attached to the postings fool you... Ain't that the truth - I'm a full-blooded, 100% male, too. W/ a name like 'Khris,' conclusions can be, and often are, wrong.
My wife (extremely beautiful blond, model-type, I'm quite proud to say) had quite the laugh when I told her about the nature of the recent posts, and especially about the individual who called me PC (could not be further from the truth, as she'll attest). For what it's worth, I asked her what her opinion is on the CNBC-babe-athon discussion we've been having. Her response was that those who watch CNBC for the women and go on and on about them here and elsewhere couldn't be much different from the typcial cyber-geek who's never kissed a real woman and enjoys cyber-sex chat rooms and picking up 14 year old girls via the internet (her key phrase was "those .... need to get a life"). Obviously, she wasn't too open-minded to a lot of what has been posted here as of late. And also obviously, compared to her, I'm a little more diplomatic. But again, I do see where the typical woman lurker in this thread would be very put off by some of the comments as of late.
Despite my recent posts, I'm not trying to champion myself as defender of the virtue of women or even trying to be holier-than-thou. My basic point is that the nature of most of the sexist comments re: the women of CNBC are not appropriate in many circumstances, and very much in my opinion, definitely not here. I'm not against having fun in this thread, but the kind of "fun" being promoted by many here is not appreciated by those who do want to be inclusive of the feminine gender.
For someone who professes to love women, many of the boys here have a very, very strange way of attracting them to the tent. |
