My two cents: I've been familiar with the handling and use of tools since I was knee-high to a grasshopper. The first thing my Dad taught me when I learned to drive is how to change my own oil and I did so using his shop and pit for years. I owned my own table saw at 20-something until it was sold on auction two weeks ago. I'm a trained and very proficient shingler and I own my own air nailer and compressor. I own a dremel and a cordless drill. I can solder (not exceedingly well, but well enough to have fixed an eGo and a regulated mod that needed a quick fix.) I've wired a basement to code and to the satisfaction of inspectors. I'm a better handy-man than well over half the men I've been with. I can even build Ikea furniture without the instructions. Being handy and mechanical is far more dependant on interest than it is gender.
I'm not afraid to ask anything or to admit I don't know something... there was a LOT I didn't know as a new vaper, and I asked a LOT of questions. If someone was rude or unsupportive, I asked someone else. Luckily, I met some terrific and incredibly knowledgeable people in this community that don't seem to tire of my questions. Thanks to them, I vape what I want, how I want... and when I need good advice, I always get it. I vape anything from eGo Twist styles with fill'n'vapes to high end mechanicals with some fairly advanced rebuildables. I like them all.
To sum up, ladies AND men.... at the end of the day, we're all vapers. If you're using anything from an eGo to a unicorn mech mod with a super-octo-stupendo-mega-twisted-ribbonwrapped-figure8-mondo-coil build instead of cigarettes, you're winning. End of story. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Ask until you get useful answers, dismiss those who have tiny competitive agendas, and hold your head high. If you're safely and responsibly using a heating device to vaporize ejuice for your enjoyment, you're a vaper in my books. It doesn't matter what your weapon of choice is, and anyone can play.
