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net.gender gap narrows (or vanishes?)
of course this is only net.users as consumers. what about engineering and
software development? be sure to ask donnie (his wife is an engineer BTW).
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1528683.html
As the number of American households going online has increased, the
Internet gender gap has closed,
according to the latest numbers from Web audience tracker
Nielsen/NetRatings.
In February last year, 47 percent of the total online population
was made up of women. By December, that percentage had
risen to 50 percent, Nielsen/NetRatings said.
The rate at which women came online also outpaced that of men for
the first time; 32 percent of people joining the online
community were women, and 20 percent were men.
Although the gender breakdown regarding overall population has
apparently evened, the study
showed a dividing line in online behavior between the sexes. Men
tend to visit news and information
sites, while women are more interested in sites about health and
lifestyle, the study said.
more at http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1528683.html
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