Live Auction Culture Shifts to Women
Most of my memories of charity auctions I attended with my parents while growing up blur together, but what I do remember was loud, fast-talking auctioneers, “going once, going twice, SOLD,” and that the men always did the bidding. As times have changed and women gained more buying power, the last bastion of gender bias in philanthropy is waning – at least in major cities on the coasts. Recently, I noticed that the majority of bidders at live charity auctions I’ve attended this past year have been women.
