如今，关于性别平等，关于收入，职业机会，教育和许多其他生活领域的对话。但是，当涉及到我们的爱好时，我们倾向于几乎没有考虑。让我们面对现实吧，在海洋水族馆爱好中性别比例的看法（如果不是现实）是它在很大程度上受到男性的影响。
But if this is true, why is it so? After all, there’s nothing inherently masculine about keeping fish and corals in glass or acrylic boxes. What is it that seemingly discourages many women from getting involved or, if they are hobbyists, from getting their voices and opinions heard just as much—or as loudly—as their male counterparts do?
正如常规的Saltwater Smarts访客Louise Maggs有帮助指出的那样，那里有一些持续的神话和误解，可能会抑制妇女完全参加我们的咸场消遣。这确实让我思考，所以我想将今天的帖子献给我对这些神话的讨论，因为我感知到它们，并邀请大家（无论您的性别如何）来体重自己的想法。
Myth #1: Women just aren’t interested in marine aquariums
参加了参加大型业余爱好会议的任何人（例如，在短短几周内即将来到华盛顿特区的MacNA）或花费任何时间仔细阅读在线论坛或博客的任何时间都知道这显然是错误的。哎呀，回顾过去几周我在Saltwater Smarts收到的评论，我可以看到其中有很多是女性提交的。显然，性别与发现海洋生物迷人并想在自己的生活空间中复制海洋领域无关。
Still, there must be something underlying this perception. I suspect the gender ratio in our hobby resembles that of your average Rush concert (I should know, having seen them on every tour since 1982) not because women don’t find marine life interesting but because, for one reason or another, they don’t feel welcome here in the hobby. And that may have a lot to do with some of the other myths on my list, such as…
Myth #2: Women want to drive a wedge between their husbands/boyfriends and the hobby
让我们称之为“海洋水族馆洋子神话” - 您知道，您的看法是，爱好者的妻子或女友认为他的水族馆是他的时间和注意力的竞争，因此，试图破坏他的参与。有些女性以这种方式感觉/行动吗？我想是这样。但这当然不是我的经验。我已经嫁给了一个四分之一世纪的同一个女人（自语法学校以来我们已经认识了彼此），而且她从来没有任何支持我参与这种爱好。实际上，当我们刚约会时，她回到我回来的第一批礼物是一个55加仑的坦克和站立 - 几乎是破坏者的尝试！
Myth #3: Women resent the expense and/or mess of a marine aquarium
There’s no question that marine aquariums can take up/mess up living space and rack up the bills. So, when two people share a home and budget, there’s always a possibility that the addition of a marine tank to the scene will cause some tension and resentment, particularly if one of the two is a non-hobbyist or simply less interested than the other. But this can happen whether the dedicated hobbyist in the scenario is male and the non-hobbyist female or vice versa.
Falling back on personal experience, I have the good fortune of being married to someone who is extremely tolerant of my involvement in the hobby. Owing to my ever-present tanks (though I’m now down to just one), she’s never had a functional dining room in all the years we’ve been married. Besides that, recognizing how important this hobby is to me, she’s always been very indulgent when it comes to opening the purse strings to buy necessary items—even if it sometimes means making sacrifices in other areas.
误解4：只有丈夫/男友感兴趣的女人才有兴趣
我相信这是有关系的the case, but more and more women today are taking an active interest in the marine aquarium hobby regardless of whether or not they have a husband/boyfriend who shares their interest. As I mentioned, we see this quite frequently right here at Saltwater Smarts.
您对盐水性别平等有何看法？
因此，咸味盐 - 男人和妇女都是我对盐水性别平等的想法。现在该告诉我们您的想法了！在下面的评论部分中让我们知道。
