I have to ask this question and please don't take it the wrong way. (I also know this is the wrong site to ask it on). Why do so many women choose to work with just geckos? I was recently added to a new facebook group for women herpers (The lovely Women of the Reptile World!) and it seems like most of them work with primarily geckos. It seems rare to see a woman that keeps bigger species such as burms or retics, or even boas. Maybe I'm just on the wrong forums, but it seems to be a trend. Most of the women herps in my local herp society keep and breed geckos. I feel like the odd woman out when I start talking about my beloved boa.

I'm not trying to stereotype or pidgin hole anyone so if you are a woman herp and keep something other than geckos I would love to know why and if you only keep geckos I would also know why. I'm pretty sure BP.net has the more diverse population of women herpers who keep snakes, but has anyone else noticed this trend?