How Men and Women Use the Internet

The Pew Internet and American Life Project yesterday released its latest study. Apparently in Cyberspace, Mars and Venus are wedded to their gender roles. Jason Miller of WebProNews writes: “Women view the Internet as a place to extend, support, and nurture relationships and communities… Men are more likely to use the Internet to check the weather, get news, find do-it-yourself information, acquire sports scores and information…”

Other data from the report include:

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