# Why? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [July 7, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802 "2012-07-07T21:28:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Soccerkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@Soccerkid](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Soccerkid)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802/1 "2012-07-07T21:28:38Z")
Why are yoyoers usually male? ---
**Author:** ![Shadowz143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shadowz143/32/952_2.png) [@Shadowz143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shadowz143)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802/2 "2012-07-07T21:30:07Z")
Why are you asking this question? I don’t really know the answer. Maybe men like to use their time more for fun, but girls like other stuff? I don’t know? Ask a girl. 😛 Ann Connoly? ---
**Author:** ![stephosh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/stephosh/32/770_2.png) [@stephosh](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stephosh)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802/3 "2012-07-07T23:11:16Z")
I don’t know, but my wife picked up one of my yoyos last week and is having a great time with it! She can already do grinds, binds and a lot of intermediate tricks. ---
**Author:** ![pickle24](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pickle24/32/483_2.png) [@pickle24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pickle24)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802/4 "2012-07-07T23:17:46Z")
Probably the same reason most baseball players, bmx riders, and underwater pogo stickers are male. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowz143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shadowz143/32/952_2.png) [@Shadowz143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shadowz143)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802/5 "2012-07-07T23:39:54Z")
> [@Jayyo](#): > > Because reasons. Reasons, reasons, and more reasons! Maybe a lot of them think it’s a waste of time. 😢 ---
**Author:** ![dynikus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dynikus/32/812_2.png) [@dynikus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dynikus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802/6 "2012-07-08T00:18:57Z")
> [@M²](#): > > Probably the same reason most baseball players, bmx riders, and underwater pogo stickers are male. I’ve seen a few female underwater pogo stickers in my time… 😛 Seriously though, there’s no real explanation. I guess it’s just something that peaks more guys interest? like star wars or speed cubing or paintball. ---
**Author:** ![SR1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/sr1/32/104603_2.png) [@SR1](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SR1)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802/7 "2012-07-08T00:54:43Z")
Why not? ---
**Author:** ![kuyaChristian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kuyaChristian](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kuyaChristian)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802/8 "2012-07-08T07:52:05Z")
And? ---
**Author:** ![hiltonking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hiltonking/32/807_2.png) [@hiltonking](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hiltonking)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802/9 "2012-07-08T12:44:10Z")
Males are more hobby oriented than women. ---
**Author:** ![skitrz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skitrz/32/849_2.png) [@skitrz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skitrz)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802/10 "2012-07-08T13:13:58Z")
I say it’s simply intelligence ;D . Which of course my wife is watching me type this and agrees that it’s intelligence. Of course her perspective is a bit different than mine :wink: . ---
**Author:** ![rizki\_yoist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rizki_yoist/32/7925_2.png) [@rizki\_yoist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rizki_yoist)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802/11 "2012-07-08T17:14:54Z")
Sounds like a girl asking, “Why don’t you boys like barbies?” ---
**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802/12 "2012-07-08T17:19:01Z")
Probably something like this; _Bad bind_ “Ow! My hair!” ---
**Author:** ![ccn411](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ccn411/32/192885_2.png) [@ccn411](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ccn411)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802/13 "2012-07-08T20:50:22Z")
Why are most yo-yoers male? Please, don’t remind us #foreveralone ---
**Author:** ![patrickcondon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/patrickcondon/32/619950_2.png) [@patrickcondon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/patrickcondon)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802/14 "2012-07-08T21:53:54Z")
Same reason why most hobbyists or otherwise activity enthusiasts are male: we’re attracted to novelty. ---
**Author:** ![Nivo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nivo/32/321_2.png) [@Nivo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nivo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802/15 "2012-07-08T22:31:31Z")
> [@Soccerkid](#): > > Why are yoyoers usually male? why don’t you try and teach more females ? ---
**Author:** ![Shadowz143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shadowz143/32/952_2.png) [@Shadowz143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shadowz143)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802/16 "2012-07-08T23:34:13Z")
> [@rizki\_yoist](#): > > Sounds like a girl asking, “Why don’t you boys like barbies?” Wait, Am I not supposed to like Barbies?? ---
**Author:** ![swagwagon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/swagwagon/32/589420_2.png) [@swagwagon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/swagwagon)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802/17 "2012-07-09T04:54:28Z")
My mom had a theory that boys like skill-based hobbies but girls prefer to do something that ends with a physical, finished product (knitting, writing, etc). Not sure if there’s truth behind that. Personally I think it might be kind of a vicious circle; hard to break into an almost exclusively male community, so girls kind of get driven away. As evidence I submit the comments on any video of Ann Connolly. ---
**Author:** ![stookie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/stookie/32/1071_2.png) [@stookie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stookie)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802/18 "2012-07-09T05:17:22Z")
Simple. Parents are much more likely to hand a yoyo to a son than they are to a daughter. There’s no right or wrong implied there, we just have very well-defined ideas about gender. It’s the same answer to the question, “why do only little girls wear dresses?”. There’s no reason a boy can’t wear a dress, except that his parents are just not likely to put him in one because he is a boy. As we grow older the issue is complicated to the point of near-impossibility. Once a girl is “conditioned” to accept the common feminine role, we can no longer base her choice not to yoyo on being a female. It’s too late to base it wholly on biology. ---
**Author:** ![rizki\_yoist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rizki_yoist/32/7925_2.png) [@rizki\_yoist](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rizki_yoist)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802/19 "2012-07-09T06:55:20Z")
> [@Shadowz143](#): > > > [@rizki\_yoist](#): > > > > Sounds like a girl asking, “Why don’t you boys like barbies?” > > Wait, > > Am I not supposed to like Barbies?? It won’t be a problem, I mean barbie lovers are mostly girls, and yoyo players are mostly guys. “Why does gamers are mostly males?” is a similar question… ---
**Author:** ![Shadowz143](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shadowz143/32/952_2.png) [@Shadowz143](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shadowz143)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802/20 "2012-07-09T12:46:11Z")
> [@rizki\_yoist](#): > > > [@Shadowz143](#): > > > > > [@rizki\_yoist](#): > > > > > > Sounds like a girl asking, “Why don’t you boys like barbies?” > > > > Wait, > > > > Am I not supposed to like Barbies?? > > It won’t be a problem, I mean barbie lovers are mostly girls, and yoyo players are mostly guys. “Why does gamers are mostly males?” is a similar question… It was a joke. I don’t like Barbies. 😛 [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/why/39802.md?page=2)