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Women Control the DVR

Posted by Zonk on from the true dept.

JeiFuRi writes "While men normally hog the remote, a new study commissioned by Lifetime suggests that women are more likely to be in charge of their DVRs . Results from a survey of 1000 married woman say that 48 percent made the decision to purchase a DVR on their own and 55 percent claimed they understood the system more than their husband. Three-quarters of the women surveyed said that the reason they fell in love with DVR is that they are extremely intuitive and much easier than a VCR." The study also found some interesting things about DVR users' ad-watching habits.

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  1. My Mom by The+Lost+Supertone · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    My mom would probably say that she understands a DVR doesn't mean she does. My sister recently fubared the home network with a WiFi router, and claims that no it couldn't possibly cause a problem, with great authority. She doesn't even know what an IP address is. Women especially with technology if they use it enough to get by will claim they're experts.

    1. Re:My Mom by badmammajamma · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Actually, he's kinda got you there Spanky. There's TONS of reverse sexism (not just on FOX News) and it's considered totally OK (check almost any sitcom). Since most men these days are gonadless wimps too affraid to say anything to a woman I see this going on indefinitely (or even getting worse).

      In short, men are a bunch of pussies these days and society expects it or even demands it in some cases. Women expect to be obeyed now. This is why I will never again maarry another American woman.

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  2. DVRs? by gcnaddict · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I guess this means that they dont control their PVRs... hmm are they both the same thing? I would assume they are. Anyways, i know my woman doesnt control my DVR, as she doesnt know much about controlling a computer :P

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  3. Skewed? by SDMX · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Commissioned by Lifetime? As in the Lifetime channel? As in the only place you can find back to back shows about brave women escaping from the oppression of absuive husbands and self-empowering talk programming about taking back the household by asserting your interior decorational dominance?

    Lifetime... Television for Women? That Lifetime? And they say that women now control DVR? You don't say!

    I certainly tries to remain objective, but Lifetime releasing a study like this seems about as ridiculous as their programming. What kind of a polling sample is 1,000 people on a NATIONAL basis

  4. Re:Apparently I'm the only woman here... by Sharik · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's an HD capture card, so yes it's digital. Also, I'm quite capable of finding and downloading Bit torrents. Women are not technologically challenged, but we do sometimes avoid places that discuss technology due to the attitude of little nerd boys that have never as much as smelled a woman...

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  5. Ha. by True_Requiem · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Results from a survey of 1000 married woman say that 48 percent made the decision to purchase a DVR on their own and 55 percent claimed they understood the system more than their husband." I'm sure that those 55% also claim they understood having a penis better than their husband as well. The things women claim they know and what they DO know are two entirely different things.