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________________________________ From: Rix Posterz <rixpost...@aol.com> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 9:07 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Why do so few women participate on MoPo? Please...I implore everyone. Don't give this woman any ammunition for her volleys against the righteous heralds of movie poster-dom. Let her go away..far away...like a troublesome toothache or an annoying canker sore. And keep telling yourselves: "All will be well...eventually all will be well..." In a message dated 6/12/2012 5:57:20 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, fdav...@verizon.net writes: You should consider writing a blog. FRANC >-----Original Message----- >>From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Geraldine >> Kudaka >>Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 8:10 PM >>To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >>Subject: Re: [MOPO] Why do so few women participate on MoPo? >> >> >>The odd thing is that women love movies. >> >> >>I don't know how many of my women friends belong to movie groups. They meet >>up to have a bite and see a flick together. They share videos and pass along >>DVDs to each other. But poster collectors? I hadn't really thought about the >>number of women collectors vs the number of male collectors so I did a quick >>google search. >> >>From bankrate.com " From birth, American women and men are raised to view >>and spend money quite differently. Our socialization, a trained behavior, is >>primarily modeled after our same-sex parent. While experts agree these >>generalizations are breaking down, the money paradigm most of us have been >>dealt is similar... >> >> >> >> >>Women, trained to nurture and seek acceptance, view money as a means to >>create a lifestyle. Women spend on things that enhance day-to-day living. >>Theirs is a now-money orientation. >> >>Men, trained to fix and provide, view money as a means to capture and accumulate value. Men don't spend, they invest. Men don't want something, they need it. Theirs is a future-money orientation..." >> >>The article goes on the elaborate what each of the sexes accumulates or collects.. Women like to shop whereas men get trophies... >> >>"Men will say, 'I need a new computer.' No, you want a new computer because >>it's faster, it has more bells and whistles," says Hayden. "Men move those >>things they want into an investment category, 'This is a good investment.' >>And then they can't even enjoy it, they can't go, 'Oh, this is so much >>fun!' Everything is a serious need and everything is an investment. What men >>need to do is kind of ease up a little bit and enjoy what they're actually >>able to provide for themselves...<snip>... Women spend their money gradually >>over time, and men spend it on a number of big things. "They spend really >>big to show off because there's a lot of ego risk on men today to do better >>than the next guy," she says.." >> >>As far as bankrate.com is concerned, women would rather spend hundreds buying a new pair of shoes or outfit, then go out to dinner and the movies where as guys will take that $$$ and invest in movie memorabilia. Guys will then join and post on MOPO to follow their investment. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>___________________________________________________________________ >>How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu >>In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >___________________________________________________________________ >How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu >In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
