Open University psychologist Dr. Adam Joinson finds that gender stereotypes are being played out on the information superhighway:
I think that a well trained monkey is a superior web surfer to all.
male or female monkey?
Sorry, I was just being specious. Let us say it is a Proboscic monkey, a webcrawling Proboscis monkey. Then from the vaults of Proboscis monkey behaviour and their innate gender role play I find this; Adult male Proboscis monkeys are imposing figures. They are quite aggressive towards members of other groups. But before initiating a fight they try to clarify their positions by showing threatening behaviour. Doing a lot of fuss they break branches and give loud calls. Now this correlates well with the following:And just as road rage is often the preserve of the male of the species so too net rage seems more likely to happen to men. And so to conclude, the female Proboscis monkey would be a far better net searcher. How can the male be effective at net searching if it is constantly banging branches and rocks together.
This is the personal weblog of Cameron Marlow, research scientist at Facebook. You can find a comprehensive list of content in the archives, or you can simply search using the box above.
