There was a program on TV a few weeks ago that talked about differences
between male and female brain functions... (yeah, interesting eh? ;)... but
one thing it did appear to show (from medical and experimental data) was
that the majority of women find it considerably harder to visualise 3D
images/objects/space than men.

Perhaps a little "theoretical", but it could still put women off the 3D
world of raytracing (especially POVs "text-only" interface, and even Moray's
visual approach to some extent) if they find it harder to visualise what
they're creating - they might not think it was worth the effort..

Another interesting point the program mentioned was how this is reflected in
their driving skills (such as parking)... but that's a different story ;)


Matt

Ken wrote in message <36879A7B.22BA9E40@pacbell.net>...
>Just out of curiosity why is it that the majority of Pov
>users appear to be the male half of the human race ?
>There certainly is no lack of female paint program users
>and I would think that this approach to graphics production
>would be a natural extention to their creativity. Contrary
>to that belief though the absence of females posting their
>work in these groups and asking questions about the use of
>the program would indicate otherwise. Is it perhaps the
>nature of men to get into the nuts and bolts of "things"
>while women really don't care what makes it work as long as
>they can use it ? Pov-Ray certainly falls into the class of
>a nuts and bolts program.
>
>--
>Ken Tyler
>
>tyl### [at] pacbellnet

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