I have always loved reptiles. My husband tolerates them and even likes a few but they are not "his thing" so he doesn't handle them or anything. My brother hates snakes and is terrified of them. However, I did have a male roommate that didn't like snakes until he met Isis, my boa. He liked her and would take her out on occasion. Even my sister who was terrified of snakes started to like Isis. My older sister got into snakes recently (haha, I converted one!) so actually the majority of people in my life that like snakes are female and developed a liking of reptiles on their own or from another female.