Gender breakdown

robindch

...following on from the panel discussion over the weekend about the ratio of male to female atheists, I thought it might be interesting to get an idea of what it's like here on boards.

Beruthiel

I'm religious and male

Although things have greatly improved, I believe the ratio of male to female on Boards is still in favour of male.
Thus, I'd be surprised to see a 50/50 vote.

Ickle Magoo

I'm religious and male

Yeah, I think the natural demographics of boards is going to skew any poll result strongly in favour of male posters.

Hookah

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

No option for agnostics?

Ickle Magoo

I'm religious and male

"I'm atheist or agnostic...."

AhSureTisGrand

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

I had it in my head you were a girl Robin :L

seamus

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

According to the general election poll the male:female ratio on boards is about 4:1. Or 20% of the members are female.

Which is actually a lot better than it used to be.

I'm religious and male

I'm torn which option I should tick :pac:

robindch

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

AhSureTisGrand wrote: »

I had it in my head you were a girl Robin :L

Don't think anybody's thought that before

Beruthiel

I'm religious and male

AhSureTisGrand wrote: »

I had it in my head you were a girl Robin :L

Perhaps what you meant to say was he's a big girls blouse?

ShooterSF

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

Theoretically if the poll got enough votes it should be possible to compare the ratio of male theists to female versus male atheists to female to see if females are more likely theistic as, if they aren't, both ratios should be similar.

liamw

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

It doesn't really matter if boards is skewed towards males...

You take the male - atheist:religious ratio.
You take the female - atheist:religious ratio.

(Although the higher sample size for males may lead to more accurate results)

Dades

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

I think this is just a ploy to find guurls on the A&A forum. :pac:

I answered male, btw.

Galvasean

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

robindch wrote: »

...following on from the panel discussion over the weekend about the ratio of male to female atheists, I thought it might be interesting to get an idea of what it's like here on boards.

What did the discussion conclude?

Bottle_of_Smoke

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

seamus wrote: »

According to the general election poll the male:female ratio on boards is about 4:1. Or 20% of the members are female.

Which is actually a lot better than it used to be.

Which poll was that? I thought one in after hours recently showed approx 65:35 ratio

kiffer

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

girls are more religious that boys because the womb acts as an antenna for pychic waves that God sends from Heaven... It's how the souls get into babies which is why egg laying creatures have no souls...

Wait no! Boys are more religious because they generally keep their hair shorter and so have less sheilding to keep out the god waves! It's why monks have that bald patch...

seamus

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

Bottle_of_Smoke wrote: »

Which poll was that? I thought one in after hours recently showed approx 65:35 ratio

http://www.boards.ie/vote/demographics.php

Galvasean

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

seamus wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vote/demographics.php

Have the ever done such a study here on boards in relation to religion? The question of religion pops up in AH the odd time and the non-religious option usually gets 80% or more.

Zillah

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

kiffer wrote: »

girls are more religious that boys because the womb acts as an antenna for pychic waves that God sends from Heaven... It's how the souls get into babies which is why egg laying creatures have no souls...

Wait no! Boys are more religious because they generally keep their hair shorter and so have less sheilding to keep out the god waves! It's why monks have that bald patch...

Sure, why not? This is no less reasonable than what religions actually claim.

Zillah

I'm religious and male

Zillah wrote: »

Sure, why not? This is no less reasonable than what religions actually claim.

boys are more religious because they get their souls 40 days before girls.

seamus

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

Galvasean wrote: »

Have the ever done such a study here on boards in relation to religion? The question of religion pops up in AH the odd time and the non-religious option usually gets 80% or more.

No, the closest thing done was in 2005. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=541

Although the gender difference appears similar in those polls, they've been effectively ongoing for six years without being promoted, so it's next to impossible to tell which timeframe the data relates to.

DeV did mention that they're eager to do a big "census", after all the other stuff has been done. I would say that a (properly-worded) question on religion would be on that agenda.

Turtwig

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

Ok...

Beruthiel.
bluewolf,
Busi_Girl
FA
fatmammycat,
Flabangav,
Ickle Magoo,
krankykitty,
miss no stars,
Morrigin,
pinkypinky,
rainbow kirby,
redz11,
Shenshen,
slow.loris

Right, uh i owe all of yez bar Blue, Busi, Shensen,kitty and Ickle an apology. Sorry for assuming yiz all to be males.

(My second apology list is gonna be too long apologies to those males who I thought were females )
(Bet you're wondering if you were one of them? )

Pygmalion

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

Yeah, I thought Ickle_Magoo, Bluewolf and Shenshen were guys.

The rest I either knew were female or have never heard of until now.

Ickle Magoo

I'm religious and male

I am not a guy - and more to the point, I have no underscore! :mad:

I'm religious and male

/nick pinksparkleswolfxXx

Beruthiel

I'm religious and male

Perhaps I need to put the Queen in front of my nick.
Not a Lord of the Rings fan Malty?
/Takes 50 points off Malty's over all rating.

Malari

I'm religious and male

ShooterSF wrote: »

Theoretically if the poll got enough votes it should be possible to compare the ratio of male theists to female versus male atheists to female to see if females are more likely theistic as, if they aren't, both ratios should be similar.

They are equal so far!

I think I've met more male than female atheists in real life.

Turtwig

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

Beruthiel wrote: »

Perhaps I need to put the Queen in front of my nick.
Not a Lord of the Rings fan Malty?
/Takes 50 points off Malty's over all rating.

You know the funny thing I initially assumed you were female. Not just because of LOTR but because the forum I posted on before visiting boards for the first time had a beruthiel/banzaibk/bec/names I can't remember who was female and it was she who recommended I read boards. Think I actually signed up back then too and stole the username malty, but I can't say for sure. In any case for about an entire year of boards posting I assumed you were indeed female, but somehow I came to the conclusion eventually that you were male.


Now, there you go I gave you a little tidbit of information involving your name and me joining boards. hehe, Can I have the 50 points back plus compensation?

Beruthiel

I'm religious and male

Malty_T wrote: »

but somehow I came to the conclusion eventually that you were male.

T'was the beard that confused you?
Or perhaps my manly swagger?

Now, there you go I gave you a little tidbit of information involving your name and me joining boards. hehe, Can I have the 50 points back plus compensation?

LOL.

No.

smokingman

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

Malty_T wrote: »

.... the forum I posted on before visiting boards for the first time had a beruthiel/banzaibk/bec/names

That was wiffy.ie wasn't it?

Dades

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

Beruthiel wrote: »

Not a Lord of the Rings fan Malty?
/Takes 50 points off Malty's over all rating.

Are you still marking out of 60? Harsh! :pac:

Turtwig

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

Beruthiel wrote: »

LOL.

No.

Oh Well twas worth a shot.:)

T'was the beard that confused you?
Or perhaps my manly swagger?

Nah Hard to nail it exactly, but there was some point last year where I concluded apart from the female username you were most likely male.:o

Turtwig

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

smokingman wrote: »

That was wiffy.ie wasn't it?

Yep it was.

Dades wrote: »

Are you still marking out of 60? Harsh! :pac:

Ahh it don't matter I have long since come to realisation that scores can be arbitrary and have no bearing bearing on my value as a person.

robindch

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

Malty_T wrote: »

Now, there you go I gave you a little tidbit of information involving your name and me joining boards. hehe, Can I have the 50 points back plus compensation?

Hmm... that's either true or a good story.

10 (independent) points from me.

Links234

I'm religious and male

well, there's a couple of guys who've voted that I assumed were female my bad

Pygmalion

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

Links234 wrote: »

well, there's a couple of guys who've voted that I assumed were female my bad

It's ok, real men don't have feelings, so I'm sure no-one was offended.

robindch

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

seamus wrote: »

According to the general election poll the male:female ratio on boards is about 4:1. Or 20% of the members are female

Whereas here, the ratio is 70:30, which means that (assuming all voters will post) we've half as much input again as does boards have on average.

Well, while I wish it were 50:50, the forum's still doing much better than many others -- cool!

Orion

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

Ickle Magoo wrote: »

I am not a guy - and more to the point, I have no underscore! :mad:

Really? I thought tLL mods were all middle aged pervos. You've destroyed my fantasy of getting that job too!

Silverfish

I'm religious and male

Orion wrote: »

Really? I thought tLL mods were all middle aged pervos. You've destroyed my fantasy of getting that job too!

Excuse me, I am not middle aged.

Wibbs

I'm atheist or agnostic and female

One middle aged pervo. That's my job.

Ickle Magoo

I'm religious and male

Orion wrote: »

Really? I thought tLL mods were all middle aged pervos. You've destroyed my fantasy of getting that job too!

Parenting mod....middle aged pervo....fantasy....WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!1111!!!!!