Over the past year and a half, I have found a love of reptiles. At our home we have a bearded dragon, reverse okeetee cornsnake, and five geckos, with a sixth coming this weekend from the Central WV Reptile Show in Summersville, WV.
Most people react to my love of reptiles as if it is strange, and I believe if I were a male, it would be more acceptable and even welcomed by others. For this "thing", I searched RSS feeds, which stands for Rich Site Summary. RSS is a web feed format for blogs, audio, video, and headline news. I searched for information about women in herpetoculture. I found a podcast of Women of Herpetoculture & Herpetology: Julie Bergman and learned how she became interested with geckos and about her experiences as a woman in a male dominated field.
Rebecca,
ReplyDeleteI love the fact that you are into reptiles! My brother in law has every kind of reptile known to man...anything to get a reaction out of someone! I love that there are other women in this world like you and me who are not afraid of reptiles and unique animals! I listened to the podcast you posted and it left me with a feeling of girl power!