Here's something to muse about (yet again): A Male/Female Blogger Poll. Obviously, this isn't going to be scientific, but it'll be interesting to see the results. I'm not answering the questions because I'm not a political junkie nor do I read many political blogs (and if I am reading a political blog, it's usually not a well-known one).
Already from reading ASV's comments, I see several stereotypes emerging:
There are more blogs (particularly political blogs) written by males than females.
Blogs written by males get more media exposure.
Female bloggers tend to be more emotional while male bloggers are more factual.
Female bloggers have longer posts and focus more on the details whereas male bloggers are short and to the point.
There are few female bloggers who are scholars.
Maybe these stereotypical views are characteristic of ASV readers, but I have a feeling that other bloggers might agree. I can probably find counterexamples for all these assumptions except #1 which really requires rigorous statistical sampling to be proven true or false.
I'm sure no one's going to read this post and realize that these stereotypes are floating in their head. I'm too underground for my own good. But before you criticize me for thinking I'm above this, I'm not. I have my own wrong-headed stereotype to admit:
The people who do polls and surveys on the differences of male and female bloggers are typically female bloggers.
