"Gear fetishism"? How does this focus on electronics in audio differ from the pioneering work accomplished by my great grandmother Edith Dohan (1877-1943) who had a "fetish" about archeological artifacts (many of which I inherited)? She was one of the most famous archeologists that has ever lived, and was editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Archeology for decades.
I am a retired professor from a medical school, and I find the abstract of this thesis to constitute academic rubbish. The OP needs to learn more about animal behavior before pushing sexist polarization - we are animals and behave as males and females behave in other species (yes, even bonobo monkeys, who comprise a maternalistic species).
Let's welcome everyone on these forums, but these forums are focused on a hobby we all enjoy (even the arguments). Please do not inject politics, religion or sex into these threads.
I am a retired professor from a medical school, and I find the abstract of this thesis to constitute academic rubbish. The OP needs to learn more about animal behavior before pushing sexist polarization - we are animals and behave as males and females behave in other species (yes, even bonobo monkeys, who comprise a maternalistic species).
Let's welcome everyone on these forums, but these forums are focused on a hobby we all enjoy (even the arguments). Please do not inject politics, religion or sex into these threads.