Topic: It's safe to say - gambling is a guy thing. - page 8. (Read 1436 times)

Let me come straight to the fact, Do you believe that women are financially successful? I mean 50/50, no right then it will explain why they can't afford to bet.

Even if we reach the stage of 50/50, I don't think women will be spending their money on bets because AFAIK they just lad up everything in their shopping which means they prioritize different things than man but still there is no restriction for women to gamble and since we hit the internet era then we don't even know women are not gambling!

Gambling statistics vary from region to region due to various cultural and social factors. In some places the number of female gamblers is slightly more and in some places, less. However, women are undoubtedly less prone to gambling than men. Men at every level of society are always involved in financial activities while gambling is purely related to money. So men are more likely to be ahead in gambling. There are also countries where women are only confined to housework so gambling is not an easy task for them. Also, women are not more likely to take risks than men. Even the percentage of women is slowly increasing but it will never surpass the men.

I don't think so because men's expenses are not that big, but they often use their money for other things that may not be needed. This is different from what women do regarding spending because maybe women already have a definite list of monthly expenses. But it depends on each person because their expenses will also vary. And it will be different if they are already married because they will prioritize the interests of their family rather than having fun. So maybe there will be more men who gamble than women.

In general it has been historically because it was frowned upon, it was much more frowned upon for women, it was seen as a male thing, so you weren't going to see women gambling. It started to become normalised a century ago or so, but it continued to be mostly for men. And only in the last decades, especially in the last 15 years or so with the generalisation of mobile phones, as it is easily accessible without anyone seeing you, has the percentage of women gambling increased significantly, although it is still a predominantly male vice.

It is because of the stereotype that men are usually the hardworkers. In a family, the father is the one that works hard to earn money and the mother just receives and budget it until the next salary.

Anyway, married or single, these men are pressured to have more source of income when they know that their salary is not enough to build their future. They tend to see gambling as the way that will give it to them. Many of men's are willing to take risk in their life. While if a women is in the same situation, majority of them will just go with the flow and wait for the opportunity to earn more knock at them. They tend to be conservative and very careful before spending their money.

Because men and women have different thoughts, women are more careful in using money because the opportunity to earn an income is not the same as men, also women will still do a lot of work when they are married and have children, and I think women will be smarter to be able to stop from activities that can lead to addiction because women have more responsibility.
Men will still be free to seek pleasure outside with their friends even though they are married, and men are more free to use their income even though he is the one who has to provide for their family.
However, from the reasons above, it is because men gamble more that we will hear stories of men who are addicted more often than women, but there can still be women who are addicted, but it's just that they are not exposed by the media so it seems they are free from gambling addiction.

I'd say that it has to do with the general tendency toward risk-taking and the pleasure derived from doing that.

But the question is interesting and one that I thought must have been answered and investigated before, but I guess there are still many things unanswered. From my own experience I think the risk-taking pleasure is one important aspect where men and women are different from each other and, of course this can only be said about the average men and women. There are differences on an individual level, but considered a statistical set I think it is true that men are more inclined than women to take risks for different reasons.

Men also cause more car accidents and the younger the drivers, the more often it is men if I remember that correctly.

Regarding alcohol, it is again the men.

"In fact, some estimates suggest that men are as much as four times more likely to be afflicted with alcoholism than women. This is evidenced by a NIAAA report, which states that of the 88,000 people who die every year from alcohol-related death, an astounding 62,000 are men and only 26,000 are women."

I think men also have the tendency to cause even further harm instead of trying to do good when they are running into problems. Again this is only on average, but I know of many cases where someone chose to do the obvious wrong thing in response to a problem and I think women would have rarely chosen the same course of action.

Actually, gaming doesn't limit gender, right, because anyone can do this. but it really seems that more men than women are interested and then even get addicted to gambling. Because basically, gambling is high risk, requires extraordinary emotional and mental control, and must have certain skills to become an expert in gambling. But usually women tend to be unstable in terms of risk management and emotions on things that are high risks. They are already think a lot about many things and are suddenly faced with high risk gambling, maybe they won't last long. What's more, even though men are usually more logical, when addicted to gambling, it could be that their logic really decreases and they can't think long. But that doesn't mean there aren't women who are addicted to gambling, yes, they still do. but it seems there are more men.

See you're talking about one thing and then saying another. You're literally talking about gender dynamics in gambling and how there's no disparity in your previous comment and now you're basically retracting it by saying that men dominates this space, completely against the previous post you made which doesn't even make sense cause OP's asking about what's the deal about men becoming more prone to gambling addiction than women. I gotta give props to your second post though cause now you've hit the spot and have given OP a comment that's in line with her post lol.

I've read the title and have read the post, no way I'm gonna go after you like that if I knew I was in the wrong.

Tell me, in what stretch of the imagination does this make sense when OP's asking for the reasons why men dominate the gambling space, including the demographic of people who are addicted to gambling?

There are so many subtle influences and there is not one particular reason for it. You could say that women are more sensible with money, in many cases they have other commitments that come first, in the past they have earned a fair chunk less than men so had less disposable income - which they might also choose to spend on things like fashion or beauty instead of frittering it away for a quick buzz. If we're talking about sports betting, there are plenty of women who watch sport but it's still considerably less than men, they're also more likely to be just watching the prime sports instead of things like horse racing. Collectively it just creates a whole bunch of reasons for the behavior you've observed.

I think it's more about decision-making because men are sometimes braver to do that than women.
But it doesn't mean that it's entirely like that because if we look at both online and offline sites because there are also women who do it, it's just that the ratio is quite striking between women and men.
But if there is a woman who becomes an addict, her courage will be much greater than men where they can even do things that men don't even think about just because they want to carry out their gambling desires.
There are cases that I have read of women who even abandon their children because they lost their gambling (although men also have similar cases) but when women do it I think this is a much more courageous act especially when it is their own biological child and she gave birth to the child.

In my country, it is used as "you all" or " you will" but I don't know the meaning from Op's country. And normally it is written "y'll".
Gambling is dominated by men because in those days, women were meant to stay at home and do house chores while the man was to go out and look for food and bring it home. So as the process of his search for food he world do different things to bring food to the table in his home. So gambled and gambling became man's focus and as the world advance feminism come to an existence whereby some women claimed that what man can do they can also do it, so we of the women started doing what men were doing.

From this perspective, few women went into casino halls and gamble and some society if a woman is found in a gamble hall, everyone would looked at her differently so women are shame to see by other women of their age found in gambling halls so they leave gambling to men but few of them are still doing it but men dominate it. Women are shame to be seeing in the halls while take it has their daily hustling that will one day provide food for their table with big amount.

If you look at other statistics like the number of people in prison, homeless people, successful people, etc. everywhere the largest percentage are men. It is obvious that men are more radical (due to testosterone?) and if they are fond of something, they go to the end. Gambling is another area where this theory works.

Simply put, gambling has always been dominated by men since gambling was invented. Isn't it obvious, that in history alone we can very well describe and imagine it. in fact, gambling is more dominated by men. about addiction, actually does not refer to gender. After all, addiction can happen to anyone, both men and women. it's just that, in most cases, men and women have a lot of differences, don't they. obviously, this is what makes it that men always dominate.

Now we can access gambling through the smart devices we have, wherever we want and without exception. in this era, gambling is not only for men. in the digital era, women can also access it without the knowledge of most people. online gambling, more privacy than traditional gambling. In the past, most women were reluctant to visit land-based casinos despite the fact that there were always women who played in land-based casinos. but usually, most women spend more on their hobbies on other things that are the opposite of what men do. but in this era, gambling no longer questions gender, especially online casinos. there are many women who are addicted to gambling, although basically it is still the men who dominate.

Whether we do like it or not, its not really just that limited to males when it comes to gambling thing and its true that there would really be just that common impression that women or females are really that been

looked down when it comes to some various things which we do see that they shouldn't really be here or be dealing up with something that male could be able to handle out. There's always that kind of gender inequality kind of approach when it comes to some things which it isnt that shocking or new anymore. People would really be always be having that impression but to know that there's no such thing about prohibition
for women to engage if ever they would really be tending on doing so. No one does have the right nor really have the power on telling on what a certain person must do.Its her money and if she decides to gamble
it out then its none of our business.

Lets just stop on having that kind of approach or impression that women shouldn't really be touching up this space which is really that very wrong.
Gambling isnt really that complicated for women or females wont really be able to know on how its been done. Its just that pretty basic.

to be honest. I don't know why it's like that. Gambling shouldn't be limited to just males; it's also for females. Personally, I know a lot of female friends who are engaged in gambling activities and even sports betting, not just slot games.

For example, I sometimes gamble with my best friend, who is a girl and on football games too. It's so much fun to watch games together and place bets. I understand that the majority of women may not be interested in gambling, but there are certainly some who are really into it.

Men are more into gambling than women because women are very cautious in spending money and they are weak at risk taking. Men can bear risk than women.

It all depends on how they go with their gambling activities and the mindset that they have towards gambling. There was a lady of 23 years that was a gamble addict in my neighborhood, she goes as far as lying to get money from people just to gamble.

While some studies suggest differences in risk tendencies between men and women, it's important to remember that individual risk preferences can vary widely within each group. There are numerous women who exhibit high risk propensity and many men who prefer to avoid uncertainty. Perceptions of risk can be heavily influenced by education, personal experience, and the environment in which individuals were raised.

Men are generally risk takers. They take risks in order to meet up with their numerous commitments.  A large percentage of women don't take risks. They would not want to engage in investments that comes with uncertainties. This also has to do with the fact that women are emotional people.  Many can't bear the outcome of gambling if things go sour.