i go to shows and see a ton of guys as well as girls so id say both. i got into snakes when i was young. I live down state new york aka long island so i use to go up to my summer spot about 4 hours upstate to gilboa ny. would find garter and corn snakes all the time. Kept them for a few days while i was up there and let them go. Then in 6th grade i went to the reptile museum we had here in L.I and got my first ball python. Ever since i have been keeping ball pythons as well as other reptiles not limited to snakes. I breed them and love them dearly.