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Women blogging, women in journalism

In the comments of this post on Geekdom, Jennifer raised the interesting point about the prevalence of females in the blogging world.

I HAVE noticed that there are many women bloggers, and I'm wondering if this has anything to do with the presence or lack thereof of women in 'real' journalism.

What do you think about blogging and gender? And do you think there is a correlation between this issue and paper-based journalism?

Oh, and why do women bloggers seem to get so many more comments than male bloggers? Not that I'm sore about that or anything... :D

- Blathered by Adam on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 22:39 [ Permalink | Trackback ]
- Filed under Geekery • Blogging • Society • People and relationships
- Commented on by 3 folks so far. Scroll down and see for yourself (and join in the conversation!)

Comment from
dave

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The answer to the last question seems obvious - more male ‘net surfers than female.

- Posted on Wednesday, February 26, 2003 at 3:44 [ Permalink to this comment ]

Comment from
Adam Lasnik

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Is that really still true, Dave?

My understanding was that the gender divide has pretty much been bridged, at least here in America. In fact, from what I remember reading, women have even caught up with men in terms of frequency (though not yet dollar amounts) of online purchases as well.

Perhaps there’s something more complex at work… with women feeling more comfortable about sharing their feelings (journaling) online, and men for whatever reason just being more prolific about responding.

Then again, it could be just the guys-pursue-girls-more-than-visa-versa thing, just like in real life :D

- Posted on Saturday, March 1, 2003 at 6:49 [ Permalink to this comment ]

Comment from member
Monica

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Its very interesting topic. I suddenly come to this topic and cannot live without commenting.

It may be true in past but now trend is changing with the passage of time. I am a woman and running a forum / blog for my website. I know many women who are running forum very successfully.

- Posted on Sunday, October 1, 2006 at 1:33 [ Permalink to this comment ]

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