The Web: Women vs. men online

by UPI

Wed, Jan 4, 2006 1:12PM

Sexists cannot exploit women online as much as offline.

CHICAGO, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Men and women use the Internet rather differently, with women employing e-mail more often than men to communicate with family and friends, but with men logging online more frequently to obtain news or sports updates, experts tell United Press International's The Web.

A report released last week by the Pew Internet & American Life Project indicates that men pursue many Internet activities more intensively than women and that men are still "first out of the blocks" in trying the latest technologies. By Gene Koprowski

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