Pew Survey: Men And Women Use Internet Differently

The Internet is no longer a male domain; women are now as likely to surf the Net as men, but a new study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project reveals that men and women go online for different reasons.

Guys go online to check the weather, news, sports and financial information, and of course, to look at porn. Women, on the other hand, are bigger users of e-mail, and they are also more likely to go online for religious information and support for health and personal problems.

Men view computers as ATM's that dispense information, we have no emotional attachment to our machines. Did the Giants cover the spread? How's my new stock doing? What will the weather be like for our camping trip? Go to the Net and find out.

Women, on the other hand, consider their PCs a gateway to interact with other human beings. If a lady is bi-polar she is likely to seek an online support group, to find out how others in a similar predicament are coping. A typical dude hates any touchy-feeling foolishness, he'd rather go to a dentist for a root canal than venture into an online support group. If a guy entered a bi-polar chat room he would immediately start hitting on a lady. "Hi 'Lithium Mary', have you tried the new prescription drug 'Crazierex'? And by the way, what are you wearing?"

Women are more likely than men to use email to write to friends and family about their everyday lives. Guys only answer e-mail that promises to increase their manhood by a few precious inches.

A husband and wife can be side by side staring at their laptop screens, the husband checking out slutsrus.com and the wife writing an e-mail to her girlfriend raving about her toddler's first steps.

Thank goodness for the difference between the sexes -- it makes life more interesting.