this just in: men look at manly things, women look at chick stuff
I guess the Reuters employee who wrote this story is disqualified as a candidate to be the president of Harvard University: What men, women want on the Web (CNN/Reuters).
SAN FRANCISCO, California (Reuters) — Internet users share many common interests, but men are heavier consumers of news, stocks, sports and pornography, while more women look for health and religious guidance, a broad survey of U.S. Web usage has found.
The study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project to be released on Thursday finds men are slightly more intense users of the Web. Men log on more frequently and spend more time online. More men also have access to quick broadband connections than do women.
“Once you get past the commonalities, men tend to be attracted to online activities that are far more action-oriented, while women tend to value things involving relationships or human connections,” said Deborah Fallows, a research fellow at Pew and author of the report.
A larger number of men surf the Internet for pleasure, with 70 percent acknowledging they go online to pass time, compared with 63 percent of women. Men are more likely than women to listen to music, view Webcams and pay for digital content.
Surprised? Me either. It’s a simple fact that anyone with working sensory organs and an IQ over 64 knows to be common sense: Men and women, in general, process and react to information and outside stimuli differently. That’s the way it is; that’s the way it’s always been, and that’s the way it will probably always be.
Also:
Already, women are heavier users of e-mail, often going beyond the matter-of-fact responses of male correspondents to use e-mail to share stories, solve issues and reach out to a wider network of friends and family.
It seems broads can’t stop yapping, even on the Internet.
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