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Women Now Outnumber Men Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hello-ladies dept.

miller60 writes "There are now more American women than men using the Internet, according to a new study from the Pew Center on the Internet and American Life on gender and use of the Net. While a slightly larger percentage of men than women are online (68 percent vs 66 percent), the larger population of American women tips the balance. Other findings: younger women and black women outpace their male peers by larger margins than the wider population."

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  1. Surging by wombatmobile · · Score: 4, Funny

    black women have surged online in the last three years

    All kinds of women have been "surging" on the internet for a lot more than three years.

    Well, certain types of women.

  2. Instant SlashDot poll! by Dystopian+Rebel · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I am a...

    o woman
    o man
    o geek
    o Cowboy Neal"

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    1. Re:Instant SlashDot poll! by $rtbl_this · · Score: 4, Funny

      You forgot:

      o All of the above

      I mean, have you seen the rack on Cowboy Neal?

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  3. It's true! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just write word 'sex' to google, and you can see by the links women outnumbering men easily.

  4. Bitter Experience by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh sure, they say they're women.

  5. Not Quite by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is the internet, the place where women are women, and some men are women too.

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    1. Re:Not Quite by doubtless · · Score: 5, Funny

      and little 15 year old girls are FBI agents.

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    2. Re:Not Quite by dangitman · · Score: 4, Funny
      This is the internet, the place where women are women, and some men are women too.

      ... and small furry creatures from Alpha Centuari were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.

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  6. I already knew that! See... by Hitto · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are *billions* of women on the internet.
    The catch is, their names all end in .jpg ...

    1. Re:I already knew that! See... by tuomasr · · Score: 5, Funny

      The catch is, their names all end in .jpg ...

      No way! That's where you're wrong, I've met a lot of nice women on the internet whose name didn't end in .jpg. Let's see, there was Ms. Mpg, Ms. Png, Ms. Avi and so forth.

      They must've been poor though, all wanted my credit card number, but of course I feel bad for them since they apparently couldn't even afford clothes...

    2. Re:I already knew that! See... by Zwets · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hey, I come from a proud line of .JPGs you insensitive clod! I resent your insinuations regarding the virtues of the women in my family!

      Our family name dates all the way back to 17th century Dutch merchants. Originally we were called "Punt-Jan-Pieters' Grootvaeder" ("Dot-Jan-Pieters' Grandfather", in a mysterious reversal of the normal practice of naming people "so-and-so's son or daughter")). It later got shortened to .JPG by a lazy government administrator.

      Sincerely,

      Hendrik Olivier Thomas .JPG

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  7. American women? by CrimsonScythe · · Score: 4, Funny

    "...the larger population of American women tips the balance."

    But does this mean that there are more of them numerically, or that they're so large that they just tip the balance easier? This was rather ambiguous, and I refuse to read TFA to find the answer.

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  8. wider population by kwoff · · Score: 4, Funny

    The blurb was misleading. I think they're actually referring to the mass of women online, not the number. I'll clarify by slightly editing the quote. ObFatties:

    There are now more [of] American women than men using the Internet ... the larger population of American women tips the balance ... larger margins than the wider population.
  9. The best predictor is having kids. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The least likely to go on line were young and single. The most likely to go on line were married people with children. So: if you aren't tied down, there are better things to do with your life than going on the internet. Once you are tied down then the internet is a viable alternative to having a life.

  10. Newsflash! by jcr · · Score: 5, Funny

    For instance, it says that 21% of males visited adult websites

    79% of men are liars!

    -jcr

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  11. Re:Yeah! by BrynM · · Score: 4, Funny
    With more Women online, my chances of getting laid are now bigger!
    You got it wrong man! We gotta stop this! How long until your next deathmatch is spent camping the catering talking to chix? How long until your HUD has smart looking drapes? I tell you, the internet was made by the military to let us men blow shit up virtually and they can pry my mouse from my cold dead hands when women...

    Good point. Ok, we'll let the cute ones use it. And the ones who put out. But that's it! Oh, and Sal's girlfriend too. Sorry Sal.

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  12. Re:But they use the net differently by dheltzel · · Score: 5, Funny
    All that is fine, but any research that doesn't mention porn must be flawed ;)

    Umm, what part of "Men were also more likely to use the net for recreation" didn't you understand?