What I find interesting is that it seems like the vast majority of hobbies are male dominated, maybe this is not true and a bias of my world view. All sports are male dominated to the point where female only activities are sanctioned, anything around collecting, games (board games and video games), cars/motorsports, woodworking, metalworking.
The only hobbies I know of that are female dominated is Yoga and crafts. All the others are more evenly spilt between the genders (like book clubs, dancing, cooking, gardening). If you are looking to find a romantic partner the majority of people who are into crafts are married.
I don’t know if there is any evidence to support or refute my claims, but that is how I see things.
I do agree with you that if you want to find a romantic partner of the other sex you should optimize your activities. Unless you are gay or a woman you will never meet a romantic partner at the local car meetup or magic the gathering tournament.
> it seems like the vast majority of hobbies are male dominated, maybe this is not true and a bias of my world view.
I think it is pretty strongly the latter.
> All sports are male dominated to the point where female only activities are sanctioned
No, they aren't, and gender-specific sporting activites are not because the activities are, as hobbies, male dominated.
> The only hobbies I know of that are female dominated is Yoga and crafts. All the others are more evenly spilt between the genders (like book clubs, dancing, cooking, gardening).
Pretty sure that most of the things you list as "more evenly split" are pretty female heavy. Dancing certainly is, ranging between female-heavy in the forms which would ideally be balanced (most partner dancing -- particularly things like amateur ballroom competition; male amateur comp partners are always in high demand), to wildly female dominated where balance matters less, to, well, pole.
Yea that seems to agree with my general feeling. Yoga is the one outlier.
It fits my experience as well since I do practice yoga and am commonly the only male. Im married though so I go there to fix my broken body, not to pick up women.
The only hobbies I know of that are female dominated is Yoga and crafts. All the others are more evenly spilt between the genders (like book clubs, dancing, cooking, gardening). If you are looking to find a romantic partner the majority of people who are into crafts are married.
I don’t know if there is any evidence to support or refute my claims, but that is how I see things.
I do agree with you that if you want to find a romantic partner of the other sex you should optimize your activities. Unless you are gay or a woman you will never meet a romantic partner at the local car meetup or magic the gathering tournament.