On the Internet, as in life, men and women have different
motivations for doing what they do. According to a recent report
from Pew Internet and American Life, women view the Internet as a
place to extend, support, and nurture relationships and
communities.
Men tend to see it as an office, a library, or a playground--screw
the community, this is about function not family.
The report found that women are more enthusiastic communicators,
using email in a more robust way. Not only sending and receiving
more email than men, women are more likely to write to family and
friends about a variety of topics, sharing news, joys and worries,
planning events, and forwarding jokes and stories.
While both sexes equally appreciate the efficiency and convenience
of email, women are more likely than men to value the medium for
its positive effects on improving relationships, expanding
networks, and encouraging teamwork at the office.
"Women also value email for a kind of positive, water-cooler
effect, which lightens the atmosphere of office life," reads the
54-page report.
The report found that women are more likely to use the Internet for
emailing, getting maps and directions (after all, we men always
know where we're going), looking for health and medical
information, seeking support for health and personal problems, and
getting religious information.
Men tend to be more intense Internet users than women, being more
likely to go online daily (61% of men and 57% of women) and more
likely to go online several times a day (44% of men and 39% of
women).
Men also tend to go online in greater numbers than women but for a
much broader variety of reasons. Men are more likely to use the
Internet to check the weather, get news, find do-it-yourself
information, acquire sports scores and information, look for
political information, do job-related research, download software,
listen to music, rate a product/person/service through an online
reputation system, download music, use a webcam, and take a
class.
Note there was nothing about "nurturing relationships."
Here are some stats for the number crunchers:
· 67% of the adult American population goes online, including 68%
of men and 66% of women
· 86% of women ages 18-29 are online, compared with 80% of men that
age.
· 34% of men 65 and older use the Internet, compared with 21% of
women that age.
· 62% of unmarried men compared with 56% of unmarried women go
online
· 75% of married women and 72% of married men go online
· 61% of childless men compared with 57% of childless women go
online
· 81% of men with children and 80% of women with children go
online.
· 52% of men and 48% of women have high-speed connections at
home
· 94% of online women and 88% of online men use email.
http://www.rolista.com/men_google_women_yahoo.htm
