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Tommy_McRock New user 21 Posts |
Just out of curiousity, why do people think Hypnosis is such a male dominated proffession? It's not something taught at colleges or unis or open to much top down discrimination as it's something people shoose to do. Is there a psychological thing in there or something psuedo-freudian?
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JohnRaven New user East Coast, USA 66 Posts |
Magic and mentalism are also dominated by male performers. I'm not sure why that is. I've seen some fantastic female magicians, mentalists and hypnotists... so it's not skill.
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dmkraig Inner circle 1949 Posts |
Or maybe you only see what you look for?
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jessewjoseph New user California 82 Posts |
Well... I know my girlfriend is supportive of me, but kind of thinks its all rather silly (magic/hypnosis). Maybe they're just smarter than us.
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RobertTemple Regular user Newcastle, UK 174 Posts |
My girlfriend is a very powerful up and coming female comedy hypnotist.... she'd give some of the male hypnotists I've seen in the UK a real run for their money! I can't speak for the industry in the US but I've seen several websites for female stage hypnotists.
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aldiamo Regular user 155 Posts |
I think it has to do that many of the great mentalism womens have been seen as the classic crystal ball lady.
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mindpunisher Inner circle 6132 Posts |
Could it be because they are bad drivers?
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Mindpro Eternal Order 10587 Posts |
Pat Collins seemed to do okay.
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JohnRaven New user East Coast, USA 66 Posts |
No dmkraig, it's not that at all. Go to any mindvention, any IBM convention or any local IBM Ring you will see that it is 95% men.
Are there some, yes. In fact, nearly every single female magician/hypnotist/mentalist I've seen was very good. But they are definately a tiny minority of performers. |
dmkraig Inner circle 1949 Posts |
Mindventions, IBM conventions & local IBM Rings are associated with mentalism and magic, not hypnosis. In the U.S., go to any NGH meeting or national convention put on by the NGH or ABH and it's at least 40% women. Depending upon the workshop during the convention, there can be an even higher percentage of women.
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JohnRaven New user East Coast, USA 66 Posts |
My bad. I thought you were commenting on my response to him and apparently you were obviously commenting on the original post. The disadvantage of not having threaded message boards.
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