http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/07/social-media-battle-of-the-sexes/ Tue, 21 May 2013 15:51:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.myheritage.com/2012/07/social-media-battle-of-the-sexes/#comment-34649 Donella Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:38:45 +0000 http://blog.myheritage.com/?p=25941#comment-34649 ok, this is a HUGE generalization, but... in GENERAL... aren't women more into communication, especially written communication? haven't we (yes, I'm a woman) traditionally been the ones to write the Christmas letters, the thank you cards, put out the social invitations... long before the internet came into being? then when the internet DID come into being that just transferred into online Christmas letters or videos, e-cards and e-vites... and keeping in touch with family and friends over Facebook and other social media. young people, to include young men, grew up with the internet and got into using it, so were much more into communication than their earlier ancestors (I doubt my father EVER wrote his own thank you note, or Christmas card, except to my mother). now if you go WAY WAY back, yes... men learned to write and women weren't taught. but that was a long time ago. later, it was the women who seemed to be more likely to be literate, and the men who were less likely, just needing to work in the field. the women taught the children to read and write, from the Bible. and yes, I think women often have more of an interest in genealogy, because of their innate need to hold a family together. men however have an interest based on a pride in their family line. my two cents. FWIW. ok, this is a HUGE generalization, but… in GENERAL… aren’t women more into communication, especially written communication? haven’t we (yes, I’m a woman) traditionally been the ones to write the Christmas letters, the thank you cards, put out the social invitations… long before the internet came into being? then when the internet DID come into being that just transferred into online Christmas letters or videos, e-cards and e-vites… and keeping in touch with family and friends over Facebook and other social media. young people, to include young men, grew up with the internet and got into using it, so were much more into communication than their earlier ancestors (I doubt my father EVER wrote his own thank you note, or Christmas card, except to my mother). now if you go WAY WAY back, yes… men learned to write and women weren’t taught. but that was a long time ago. later, it was the women who seemed to be more likely to be literate, and the men who were less likely, just needing to work in the field. the women taught the children to read and write, from the Bible. and yes, I think women often have more of an interest in genealogy, because of their innate need to hold a family together. men however have an interest based on a pride in their family line. my two cents. FWIW.

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