Really! We have to get Women on Board.
You know, i consider myself a Feminist, and its just unfair that nobody helps Women to get into Bitcoin. We will all suffer, because there are no Women around. And I'll tell you the Reason why: I've just read that Thread about if Women use Bitcoin or not and I stumbled over some quote from some Woman-Reporter. She mentioned, that Women are responsible for so and so many sales (Like Trillions) and it is a missed opportunity if you don't have them on board because then they will spend the money elsewhere.
Now we have to realize that a Woman will never bother to buy a coin, because that is nerdy and Women don't like nerdy. And Woman SHOULD not buy the coin, they should WANT the coin because of what you can DO with the Coin. Women will help Bitcoin, because they wont hoard it. No Woman hoards money. They will spend it as fast as they can, thus finally giving Bitcoin the possibility to be a real currency. That is one MAJOR problem solved. With Women - Dont make it about the coin, make it about the amenities you have have with it. Women want to buy stuff that is A) expensive, B) fun, C) makes their girlfriends jealous and D) sparkles. Bitcoin has NONE of these qualities and - lets face it - wont ever have. So we can state, that Bitcoin is not apealing to Women, which is a shame, because Women are very important.
It is right, what the Woman-Reporter said. Women do buy lots of stuff, they spend so fucking much money. But they like things to be easy and smooth and to sparkle. It MUST not be complicated, it must not be necessary to think about what you're doing and it must not feel nerdy or creepy, but super-awesome. It must be as easy as opening your wallet and take the money out. As of yet you will have to help a Woman to make a transaction with Bitcoin every time, because they can't be bothered learning how to do it, be it one transaction, be it 1000. You'll alwasy start at step one. Bitcoin-Transactions are just something no Woman wants (or should have) to learn, because she really has other concerns, like dressing nice and going to the Prom and be an actress. As a Feminist I say, we as a community are doing WAY to little to help Woman come to use Bitcoin.
An Example: You know why Apple has had its huge success? WOMEN bought it because its easy. You basically can't do shit with an Ipad, because its so locked up, but its oh sooo easy to use. Everything that is hard is not for the Women! It really is not. Women are the real driving force in the economy. They have the financial power and often the say in spendings. Big commercial hits have all been EASY. Same with EVERY major thing in the last 20 years. Look at the adaption-rate of the Internet. The Women only started to come in after the modems died. Modems virtually scared the Women away from the internet, made strange noises and just did not feel right. Why should a Woman have to wait for Internets, feeling uncomfortable and scared by those strange noises? Dial-up was way to complicated, like 10times to complicated. But we managed this problem and made Internet as easy as 1-2-3 and then even easier. And -bam- came the Women. They all came! To make things short: If you want something to suceed - WOMEN must want it and then it HAS to be easy.
Bitcoin is NOT easy. Its just not. You know that. Think from a female perspective. Bitcoin is not funny, it does not make you laugh or feel good and there is nothing to feel. But these are the core-assests for Women. What is being done to enable Women to handle Bitcoins? We must motivate them and find a way to make it so easy to use, a 4-year-old Boy could handle it without a problem. Thats an exaggeration, but you get the point. I think this is one MAJOR direction we have to go with Bitcoin to really arrive at the Mainstream and get the money flowing in.
So lets make things easy for the Women, we'll all profit from it.
Edit: Had to clarify things, it was a little to feminist, I toned that down a little.
Guys (Edit: and Girls), as much as i love the ongoing conversation here, it was really just a total Trollpost that I've made yesterday when I was bored in office, (same as today). To lift my spirits, I figured, I fuck with you a little. Some lines that I brought should have tipped you of though.
"Modems virtually scared the Women away from the internet, made strange noises and just did not feel right. Why should a Woman have to wait for Internets, feeling uncomfortable and scared by those strange noises?" Really?
When I wrote this, I thought about a cat that has no idea what is going on, sitting there, staring at a working printer which its wonderful big beautiful uncomprehending eyes. Look it up on youtube - Cats and Printers. Its Hilliarious. But while it was a Trollpost, which i very much enjoyed writing, nearly shat myself - I am utterly convinced that there is no room for feminism in Bitcoin. Simply because there is nothing that feminsm could or would have to fight. There is no inequality. If there is any fair currency, its fucking Bitcoin. Every woman can get into Crytpocurreny and Bitcoin as she pleases. Some Women do, most don't. That is it. There is enough room for Women though and it would be a good thing if they'd join us in masses! They won't.
Point that I want to make is: Stop saying there are so many hurdles for Women. There are hurdles when I go to the toilet. There's a door I have to open, there's a walk to be had, and if I don't want it to be a total clusterfuck I have to get my pants down. I trust women - EASILY trust them - to be smart enough to come in and get into Bitcoin, have fun with it, make money with it, lose everything, whatever they fancy - Same as us men. So special treatment required.
