Men and Woman and Collectibles

[hammersavage]

I was just reading an article online that made a good point that got me thinking and I wanted to share it with you people.


On a psychological level, what is it that draws men to collectibles? I don't even mean Star Wars action figures necessarily. But the way men express themselves with what surrounds them. A man's home, particularly if he lived on his own but even in a relationship to a lesser extent, a man will express his likes whether it be cars or sports memorabilia or movie posters.


Woman are rarely collectors. Most women's apartments or homes (I know I'm speaking in generalizations) are fairly nondescript when it comes to demonstrating their interests.


Do women intentionally make themselves harder to get to know in this respect? Why is that and do you even find it to be true?

[Patient zer0]

I think men and including myself are very visually stimulated. We need a constant. Surrounding ourselves with our liked things keeps us interested and stimulated by whatever it may be.

Chicks are just fucked

[Furtherman]

Woman are rarely collectors. Most women's apartments or homes (I know I'm speaking in generalizations) are fairly nondescript when it comes to demonstrating their interests.


Are you kidding? My mother and grandmother had all sorts of collectible knick-knacks all over the place.

I don't think there is a difference. A man or a woman can be a collector with the same degree of fanaticism or casual.

[drjoek]

I was just reading an article online that made a good point that got me thinking and I wanted to share it with you people.


On a psychological level, what is it that draws men to collectibles? I don't even mean Star Wars action figures necessarily. But the way men express themselves with what surrounds them. A man's home, particularly if he lived on his own but even in a relationship to a lesser extent, a man will express his likes whether it be cars or sports memorabilia or movie posters.


Woman are rarely collectors. Most women's apartments or homes (I know I'm speaking in generalizations) are fairly nondescript when it comes to demonstrating their interests.


Do women intentionally make themselves harder to get to know in this respect? Why is that and do you even find it to be true?


I actually find its the polar opposite of what your experiencing.
I dont collect things never did. I have seen woman who collect and display things they own.
If there is a married man here who has and displays there "things" I venture to guess they are not prominantly displayed in the home.

[KatPw]

Women aren't collectors? I beg to differ. My ex's mom was obsessed with dolls. Dolls you see on QVC or advertised in the back of Family Circle magazine. Shelves of the fuckers. And who do you think keeps the Precious Moments industry in business?

[hammersavage]

Are you kidding? My mother and grandmother had all sorts of collectible knick-knacks all over the place.

I don't think there is a difference. A man or a woman can be a collector with the same degree of fanaticism or casual.

Maybe with older women. I don't know too many chicks under 50 who have knick knacks. But just about every guy I know express themselves thru what they surround themselves in their domicile.

I bet you have some Phillies stuff in your apartment. maybe something from your job. Most women don't do that

[drjoek]

Maybe with older women. I don't know too many chicks under 50 who have knick knacks. But just about every guy I know express themselves thru what they surround themselves in their domicile.

I bet you have some Phillies stuff in your apartment. maybe something from your job. Most women don't do that

Still gotta disagree.
You arent married I take it

[hammersavage]

I actually find its the polar opposite of what your experiencing.
I dont collect things never did. I have seen woman who collect and display things they own.
If there is a married man here who has and displays there "things" I venture to guess they are not prominantly displayed in the home.

You don't have any Yankees memorabilia? or something that shows you are a dentist around your house? could i walk into your house unknowing and figure out your employment before I do your chicks.


and again, I forgot to think of older women. goddamn knick knacks

[Furtherman]

I bet you have some Phillies stuff in your apartment. maybe something from your job. Most women don't do that

I have one Phillies hat.

That's it. I guess I'm not that much of a collector. Unless you count DVDs, cause I got a ton of them.

[hammersavage]

Still gotta disagree.
You arent married I take it

In the original post, I said a bachelor's place will be much more 'his space' than if he's married. but of all the married men I know, they still display themselves in some way. Even if its in one room of the house.

[Furtherman]

You don't have any Yankees memorabilia? or something that shows you are a dentist around your house? could i walk into your house unknowing and figure out your employment before I do your chicks.

Good point... if someone looked around my apartment - they'd have no idea what I do. I don't have anything from work there - nor do I have anything at work personal.

I'm invisible.

[drjoek]

You don't have any Yankees memorabilia? or something that shows you are a dentist around your house? could i walk into your house unknowing and figure out your employment before I do your chicks.


and again, I forgot to think of older women. goddamn knick knacks

God NO
I have a couple things at my office that are Yankee themed.
Christ, My house looks like an Architectural Digest spread because my wife wants it the way.
and I have no "mancave"

[hammersavage]

I have one Phillies hat.

That's it. I guess I'm not that much of a collector. Unless you count DVDs, cause I got a ton of them.

I do. I absolutely do. Books, DVD's, posters. Things that walking into your place I would learn things about you from seeing.

Women seem much more introverted. They have books and DVD's sure. But they seemingly display something visually pleasing or that serves a purpose. Where men display stuff they like.

[Aggie]

I collect cute little boy pictures.

[hammersavage]

Good point... if someone looked around my apartment - they'd have no idea what I do. I don't have anything from work there - nor do I have anything at work personal.

I'm invisible.

oh, you're invisible here

[hammersavage]

I collect cute little boy pictures.

hot.





I'll give you the fact that older women do collect certain things, usually with cats on them. But younger men are 100x the collectors women are. And they display themselves differently then women.

[Furtherman]

Women seem much more introverted. They have books and DVD's sure. But they seemingly display something visually pleasing or that serves a purpose. Where men display stuff they like.

I see, but whereas men will display a lamp that looks like leg in the front window, a woman will also choose between a few lamps to see which one looks better in that window.

If a guy didn't have a leg lamp, we wouldn't care what kind of lamp it was, only that it worked.

[hammersavage]

I see, but whereas men will display a lamp that looks like leg in the front window, a woman will also choose between a few lamps to see which one looks better in that window.

If a guy didn't have a leg lamp, we wouldn't care what kind of lamp it was, only that it worked.

See now we're getting somewhere. In certain instances, all a man cares about is functionality not beauty ie. a lamp.

But in other instances, all he cares about is the visual ie. a NY Mets World Series banner in the den.

Why the difference?

[Aggie]

I know what he's talking about. Women ususally want a somewhat "generic" house in that is just looks nice. It may be her style but there's no identifying items. All of my guy friends in college and who aren't married have either jersey's on the wall, movie posters and what not which speaks more to their personality. I love daisies and when I was younger I had a lot of them but that doesn't tell you as much about me as say a poster of Michael Jordan does, which I also had in my room.

[hammersavage]

I know what he's talking about. Women ususally want a somewhat "generic" house in that is just looks nice. It may be her style but there's no identifying items. All of my guy friends in college and who aren't married have either jersey's on the wall, movie posters and what not which speaks more to their personality. I love daisies and when I was younger I had a lot of them but that doesn't tell you as much about me as say a poster of Michael Jordan does, which I also had in my room.

you're the best

[JerseyRich]

When there is a clash of male and female personality types in a home...

I go with Original concert posters and original photography.

Both are gender neutral and highly collectible.

[biggirl]

I am a collector through and through. If you came to my house you would see that. Right now we are in the process of collecting concert posters...we hang them up and shit. We also collect outdoor kinda stuff...from travels and such.

We have too much...I wish I wasn't a collector.

[JerseyRich]

I am a collector through and through. If you came to my house you would see that. Right now we are in the process of collecting concert posters...we hang them up and shit. We also collect outdoor kinda stuff...from travels and such.

We have too much...I wish I wasn't a collector.


I have about 20 total concert posters right now...only 3 of them are up on the wall though...

Ryan Adams, wilco, Gov't Mule, Black Crowes...all still waiting to find a home on the wall someday.

[sr71blackbird]

I know far more spartan women than men. Sure some women collect chochkies, but I think men are more likely to collect useless shit. Maybe you have something there when you suggest that women are more likely to not display their collections as it might reveal their interest and therefore expose them to exploitation in some way. I never thought of that before. When I was growing up, my friends mother had a miniature collection, and she had so many of these cool tiny things on this rack in her living room. That seemed to be her only hobby though. My mother likes antiques and turn of the century decorations. My female friends do not seem to have many collections or anything obvious to me. Maybe women are changing. I have many different kinds of collections, knives, pellet guns, old toys, tools, coffee pots.

[biggirl]

I have about 20 total concert posters right now...only 3 of them are up on the wall though...

Ryan Adams, wilco, Gov't Mule, Black Crowes...all still waiting to find a home on the wall someday.

we don't have that many, but we are in the process of collecting one from every concert...Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Clapton/Winwood. I guess we just have a variety of music posters too...Rhino's got a cool grateful dead kinda of "I Spy" different titles of their songs, then some Beatles album covers...that kind of thing.

[SatCam]

There is a certain type of men that collects things and displays them in their house. I was never raised that way. My dad doesnt have sports jerseys framed on the wall and I could never see myself doing the same. He does have a garage full of power tools that he never uses, which I guess is similar, although more functional.

I refuse to spend money on anything that doesnt have a function other than sit there and look pretty.... until I have a nice house with a sizable disposable income....

[Gvac]

I despise clutter.

Collecting material things seems like a form of OCD or low self esteem.

[lleeder]

I despise clutter.

Collecting material things seems like a form of OCD or low self esteem.

you should seem all of my collections

[Gvac]

you should seem all of my collections

I don't doubt it.

[lleeder]

I don't doubt it.

actually i collected comics and haven't had the nerve to sell them. all other possesions are meaningless to me. i have my mifi, a phone and thats all i need to be happy.

[high fly]

About 15 years ago I took a look around at some of the stuff I was collecting and saw how useless it was.
I had bookcase after bookcase filled with books and came to realize I would never read most of them ever again.
So I sold over 1,000 books at a used book store. Some of them were traded for classics I knew I would reread. I decided then to not buy any more paperbacks and mostly stuck to it.

I did the same with my record collection. That was tougher, because at first I tried to narrow it down to 100 lps to keep, but that was impossible. No matter how I tried, it looked as if I never would be able to keep less than 300, so I just said fuckit.
A good friend had a pretty good collection and had this ego thing about it so I called him up and sold off the whole collection of about 950 albums.

I have never missed the books I unloaded and have seldom missed the albums...

[sr71blackbird]

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"I have a large seashell collection that I keep scattered on the beaches all over the world"

[JohnGacysCrawlSpace]

Bitches and shoes...a collection I just can't understand.

[hammersavage]

I despise clutter.

Collecting material things seems like a form of OCD or low self esteem.

I can attest to this. You walls were as barren as my womb.

[biggirl]

Bitches and shoes...a collection I just can't understand.

I am a woman and I don't collect shoes...it's barefoot all of the time otherwise just a couple pairs to go out in public.

[JohnGacysCrawlSpace]

Nor do I understand grown men who read/collect comic books.

[Fez4PrezN2008]

I could pile up all my shit and light a match to it with no problem - as long as insurance covered it and then I could get new shit. But serial collections of several of the same thing - like baseball cards and beenie babies - Meh, never appealed to me. Just winds up taking up room in my garage eventually.

[sr71blackbird]

I have a few comics books that I saved because I thought they'd be worth something, but I tossed a shit load. I have a lot of shoes and boot (maybe 30 pairs total) and I need to toss some. I have a 3 transistor radios from the 70s. I have a Gigantor statue. A have a few Gorgi cars, like the Batmobile and James Bonds Aston Martin. I have a bunch of Spyderco knives. This whole lot I am talking about can fit easy into a suitcase, so its not like it takes up much room. I used to read meters and went into some peoples houses and some of them collected newspapers. Tremendous amounts of them. It filled their houses and they had little paths though them. Unreal. I think cat ladys collect cats.

[Aggie]

Bitches and shoes...a collection I just can't understand.

:bye: :innocent:

It's not that hard to understand. At least they have a use unlike a figurine set that collects dust.

[Dude!]

I have a Gigantor statue.

you should send that
to Mary Jo Buttafucco

[grlNIN]

Maybe with older women. I don't know too many chicks under 50 who have knick knacks. But just about every guy I know express themselves thru what they surround themselves in their domicile.

I have knick knacks displayed around our room on shelves and hutches but theyre more things that i have either made ceramics wise or things we have picked up on various trips/anniversaries.

Does computer stuff count for the latter part? It seems about 50-50.

[MetalAcorna]

Nor do I understand grown men who read/collect comic books.

What?! I don't see anything wrong with anyone, males or females reading/collecting comic books. It's like delving into a fascinating different world altogether for a brief time. Its fun; not to mention being able to appreciate the aesthetic beauty in the art within its pages. If you think about it, lots of people do this with movies as well...

[DantheBartender]

Bitches and shoes...a collection I just can't understand.

Simple: One pair for each mood. :smoke:

[honeybunny69L]

I actually find its the polar opposite of what your experiencing.
I dont collect things never did. I have seen woman who collect and display things they own.
If there is a married man here who has and displays there "things" I venture to guess they are not prominantly displayed in the home.


This all depends on the wife... If my case, my husband has taken over 3 of the 5 shelves of the wall unit with his comic book characters.. One shelf has all his Punisher busts and statues, as well as his other busts of other characters. Our 2nd bedroom which is actually our "computer room" he has all his Philly Eagles items around, including his favorite - Framed Dawkins autographed Jersey from Eagels fan cruise... I told him he can hang it in the living room, but he would have to take down his Cramer picture. and I don't mind cause he doesn't bitch about my Coach collection.

[Aggie]

Bitches and shoes...a collection I just can't understand.

Women need food, water, and compliments.

And an occasional pair of shoes.


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