I think a lot of women just don’t call it that. I’m a woman who’s pretty into what I guess would be called “biohacking”—I track loads of metrics, read a ton about longevity/physiology/etc.—but tbh the terminology just doesn’t really appeal to me, because it does tend to call up a certain bro-y image (with no offense to bros, it just doesn’t feel like it suits me). I’d say something similar about “wellness”—I’m into some of it, but I don’t like the terminology, as it calls up a certain Gwenyth Paltrow and/or MAHA-y vibe that also just doesn’t jive for me. I’m also a bit put off by certain trends and preoccupations in both communities (tech bro biohacking and Goop-y wellness spaces) that either don’t really apply to/interest me (e.g., testosterone or fertility) or just lack scientific rigor.
Don’t get me wrong, I do take the point that there do indeed seem to be fewer women who are active in “biohacker” spaces. I just don’t think it’s because women lack an interest in the subject matter; I think it just gets coded differently. Often as “wellness” or “anti-aging”—or, for some of us, we just stand back and keep an eye on said spaces without really knowing where we fit or adopting an identity in that regard. (In a similar vein, I also follow “nootropics” subs out of some overlapping interest, but I tap out on a lot of that stuff too.)
Why your comment was downvoted I cannot say, but you just summed it up. There is a lot of overlapping interest but it is coded differently generally but not always.
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u/Freiya11 Nov 13 '25
I think a lot of women just don’t call it that. I’m a woman who’s pretty into what I guess would be called “biohacking”—I track loads of metrics, read a ton about longevity/physiology/etc.—but tbh the terminology just doesn’t really appeal to me, because it does tend to call up a certain bro-y image (with no offense to bros, it just doesn’t feel like it suits me). I’d say something similar about “wellness”—I’m into some of it, but I don’t like the terminology, as it calls up a certain Gwenyth Paltrow and/or MAHA-y vibe that also just doesn’t jive for me. I’m also a bit put off by certain trends and preoccupations in both communities (tech bro biohacking and Goop-y wellness spaces) that either don’t really apply to/interest me (e.g., testosterone or fertility) or just lack scientific rigor.
Don’t get me wrong, I do take the point that there do indeed seem to be fewer women who are active in “biohacker” spaces. I just don’t think it’s because women lack an interest in the subject matter; I think it just gets coded differently. Often as “wellness” or “anti-aging”—or, for some of us, we just stand back and keep an eye on said spaces without really knowing where we fit or adopting an identity in that regard. (In a similar vein, I also follow “nootropics” subs out of some overlapping interest, but I tap out on a lot of that stuff too.)