Most of the serious meditation people I've run into have been men. Is serious meditation actually gendered in this way or do I just have a skewed sample?
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Men have more “free time.” It’s pretty popular among single, childless women of equal socioeconomic status.
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Yeah, as the other commentator said then I'd expect this to be reflected in all other hobbies that eat up free time, which is definitely not the case.
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The most serious at practically any endeavor are men even though the best women still handily beat the average man.
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I generally agree with this but for some reason it's more surprising for me when applied to meditation.
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I asked around for some anecdata. One friend who knows ~200 hard core meditators said they are roughly gender balanced.
Another friend who helps run 10 day silent meditation retreats said they are usually 2/3 female.
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Cool. Based on this and a lot of other tweets, I am concluding that my sample size is off.
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Most people who talk to me of its wonders are dudes. Actually, all dudes save for my cousin. She buys crystals and charges them up by the moon and stuff. I like Jameson, ha
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Not what I see around me, it’s pretty even in my circle.
On the other hand, I have many more female than male friends who do yoga.
My male friends who are yoga fanatics also tend to be more in sync with their feminine energy.
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Aren’t most of the followers women? In the breathing world, the leaders are men and the followers are women.
