Women in Hypnosis?
Posted: August 14th, 2010, 12:16 pm
Hi everyone, a first time poster.:)
I'm intrigued. My main work is a kind of hypnosis/mentalism thing. I do a little bar work, small venues, some street work if I can get a nice day and a good feeling crowd. Recently I was discussing the hypnosis side of things with a mentalism friend,and we began to discuss whether me being a woman doing hypnosis was an asset or a problem? If anyone's read anything on hypnosis they'll know that much of what we do is based on a kind of perceived authority of the hypnotist. He says: You're at a disadvantage. People are less likely to feel authority from a slim, 30+ woman, you're too nice. It works, but I'll bet you get more failures than a man would."
Well, few failures at all so far, but that apart, for me, being a woman is an asset. Male subjects seem to relax with me easily, they're always very compliant and I get no macho flak. There's none of the mental battle that I imagine must take place between two males before the hypnosist asserts his alleged dominance:) I think it must be far easier for me.
This started off just as an interesting conversatoin, now I'm wondering which of us the rest of you think may be right?
Hellion
I'm intrigued. My main work is a kind of hypnosis/mentalism thing. I do a little bar work, small venues, some street work if I can get a nice day and a good feeling crowd. Recently I was discussing the hypnosis side of things with a mentalism friend,and we began to discuss whether me being a woman doing hypnosis was an asset or a problem? If anyone's read anything on hypnosis they'll know that much of what we do is based on a kind of perceived authority of the hypnotist. He says: You're at a disadvantage. People are less likely to feel authority from a slim, 30+ woman, you're too nice. It works, but I'll bet you get more failures than a man would."
Well, few failures at all so far, but that apart, for me, being a woman is an asset. Male subjects seem to relax with me easily, they're always very compliant and I get no macho flak. There's none of the mental battle that I imagine must take place between two males before the hypnosist asserts his alleged dominance:) I think it must be far easier for me.
This started off just as an interesting conversatoin, now I'm wondering which of us the rest of you think may be right?
Hellion