Why is Boards dominated by males?

flutterflye

I can't figure it out.

It's Ireland's biggest forum, surely it should be 50:50?

Any ideas?

hondasam

who said it is ?

KeithM89_old

So should we keep killing male users til its 50:50 then??

Kevin Duffy

flutterflye wrote: »

I can't figure it out.

It's Ireland's biggest forum, surely it should be 50:50?

Any ideas?

Because women have better things to be doing? Ye know, housework, shopping etc.

Doyler92

We all know there are no women on the Internet.

Ruu_Old

No such thing as women on the internet, silly person.

fenris

because it is the internet ands everybody knows there are no girls on the internet!

Ghandee

Because boards is on the net.
Lots of porn on net too.

Boards = mid fap activity.

Can't play snooker with a rope OP.

Answered.

livinsane

The cool girls dont have usernames that give their gender away.

hondasam

KeithM89 wrote: »

So should we keep killing male users til its 50:50 then??

No we will recruit more women.

phasers

Chicks are intimidated by our manliness.

*drinks manly beer*

sollar

Women are naturally nosier than men so they are all on facebook nosing at peoples business.

flutterflye

KeithM89 wrote: »

So should we keep killing male users til its 50:50 then??

Good thinking.

How do we go about doing this?


Nah, just curious as to why there are so many more guys posting on here in general.

I don't think it's good or bad, just curious.

mike65

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMb8Csll9Ws

OutlawPete

Boards is 63% Males and 37% Females approx.

flutterflye

Ghandee wrote: »

Because boards is on the net.
Lots of porn on net too.

Boards = mid fap activity.

Can't play snooker with a rope OP.

Answered.

According to reddit (so must be true), something like 80% of internet users are female.

ejmaztec

OutlawPete wrote: »

Boards is 63% Males and 37% Females approx.

...and the other 25% don't know.




and some people are sh1t at percentages.

[Jackass]

The internets is complicated business.

No place for a woman.

strokemyclover

Cos women who enjoy talking to strangers are usually smart enough to do it over the phone for €4 a minute

minidazzler

livinsane wrote: »

The cool girls dont have usernames that give their gender away.

Actually, I find that a few of the better female posters do actually have names that make their genders obvious. Not gonna name names though,

General General

All the wimminz iz off having the lesbian sexy.

ArtSmart

could be that they read male posts and think...naw, rather read a book or something useful.
(i'm male btw, despite my obscure and sexy handle.

Mr Benevolent

There are no wimmin on the netternet.

Fact.

That said, if you've wandered in here by accident there's a knitting, babies, gossip & clothes forum somewhere around here.

PK2008

flutterflye wrote: »

I can't figure it out.

It's Ireland's biggest forum, surely it should be 50:50?

Any ideas?

cos this is Irelands biggest gay forum............




.................... isn't it?

Aoifey!

livinsane wrote: »

The cool girls dont have usernames that give their gender away.

ejmaztec

PK2008 wrote: »

cos this is Irelands biggest gay forum............




.................... isn't it?

If you ever find yourself in the prison forum, don't drop the soap.

Ally Dick

Men enjoy anonymous online sniping and trolling. Oh sorry I am talking about myself here of course....

The King of Moo

I think it's due to the old stereotype that some women believe that says "nerdy" things like sci-fi, computers etc. are a male preserve. They see the internet as nerdy and thus avoid it except for occasions when it's necessary like booking flights or checking e-mail.
I know a few women who can't understand the concept of surfing the internet recreationally. They also tend to be the ones who do stereotypically "girly" things and I'm equally unable to fathom their interest in the romantic misadventures of individuals who fulfil the minimum requirements of being a celebrity.

LETHAL LADY

The King of Moo wrote: »

I think it's due to the old stereotype that some women believe that says "nerdy" things like sci-fi, computers etc. are a male preserve. They see the internet as nerdy and thus avoid it except for occasions when it's necessary like booking flights or checking e-mail.
I know a few women who can't understand the concept of surfing the internet recreationally. They also tend to be the ones who do stereotypically "girly" things and I'm equally unable to fathom their interest in the romantic misadventures of individuals who fulfil the minimum requirements of being a celebrity.

Be japers Moo thats way too heavy for me to figure out whilst I paint my toenails and read Mills and Boon.:p

Aishae

the only women i know that dont use the net recreationally is my granny - and one of dads sisters. the rest do - his other sisters and mams sisters.
a lot use facebook but others venture into forums. you only need to see how popular the ladies lounge is to see there are plenty of women here.
though i would say the men probably outnumber them 2 or even 3 to 1

The King of Moo

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Be japers Moo thats way too heavy for me to figure out whilst I paint my toenails and read Mills and Boon.:p

I'll have a condensed version in my column in Heat magazine next week .

(Also in FHM in the interest of gender equality )

Lady von Purple

Confab wrote: »

There are no wimmin on the netternet.

Fact.

That said, if you've wandered in here by accident there's a knitting, babies, gossip & clothes forum somewhere around here.

...I should go... :-) I've obviously wandered into the wrong forum. Damn my tiny feminine brain... Oh well, back to my knitting.

LETHAL LADY

The King of Moo wrote: »

I'll have a condensed version in my column in Heat magazine next week .

(Also in FHM in the interest of gender equality )

Luckily I have a subscription to both so.;)

grenache

flutterflye wrote: »

I can't figure it out.

It's Ireland's biggest forum, surely it should be 50:50?

Any ideas?

The same reason politics are dominated by males. If it's not clothes or makeup, then women are not interested in talking/debating it :pac:

LETHAL LADY

grenache wrote: »

The same reason politics are dominated by males. If it's not clothes or makeup, then women are not interested in talking/debating it :pac:

I think you will find for men that is that it is commonly referred to as the group homose*ual stage.

Hank Scorpio

snip

Wolfe Tone

Too busy posting inane sh!te on facebook or criticizing pics of a girl they don't like

RichieC

say again?

sheesh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXPGwqPiR0k

Kojak

hondasam wrote: »

No we will recruit more women.

This is like the government with their gender quotas, which I think is a load of shíte tbh. If someone is good enough for a job they should get it, regardless of what is or isn't between their legs.

Sure the women have the ladies lounge anyways - that is one place that is definatly not dominated by males. He'd be out of his mind to go wandering in there - a bit like any lad who wants to appear on Loose women.....

BornToBe?

The King of Moo wrote: »

I think it's due to the old stereotype that some women believe that says "nerdy" things like sci-fi, computers etc. are a male preserve. They see the internet as nerdy and thus avoid it except for occasions when it's necessary like booking flights or checking e-mail.
I know a few women who can't understand the concept of surfing the internet recreationally. They also tend to be the ones who do stereotypically "girly" things and I'm equally unable to fathom their interest in the romantic misadventures of individuals who fulfil the minimum requirements of being a celebrity.

Are you ****ing serious? those few women you know, must be the old dears you make tea for, and listen to their stories, and hold their hand, and promise them an enternal life of happiness...

"Facebook!" A womans new greatest weapon against all mankind!!

kincsem

A shoes forum would boost participation.

The King of Moo

BornToBe? wrote: »

Are you ****ing serious? those few women you know, must be the old dears you make tea for, and listen to their stories, and hold their hand, and promise them an enternal life of happiness...

"Facebook!" A womans new greatest weapon against all mankind!!

Like I say, it's only a few of the women I know. Most use the internet in what I would consider a fairly normal fashion: necessary stuff, facebook and some surfing, like most men I know too.

But there a few who, perhaps outside of a bit of facebooking, spend very little time online, and probably have never heard of boards.

There's plenty of men are like that too, but from anecdotal experience, more men seem to spend greater time online, and in a more invested fashion (eg. posting in forums instead of just doing a little chatting on facebook) than women.
There's not a great discrepancy, but there is some difference.

Mr. Denton

Women already live in a fantasy world. They have no need for the internet.

LETHAL LADY

The King of Moo wrote: »

Like I say, it's only a few of the women I know. Most use the internet in what I would consider a fairly normal fashion: necessary stuff, facebook and some surfing, like most men I know too.

But there a few who, perhaps outside of a bit of facebooking, spend very little time online, and probably have never heard of boards.

There's plenty of men are like that too, but from anecdotal experience, more men seem to spend greater time online, and in a more invested fashion (eg. posting in forums instead of just doing a little chatting on facebook) than women.
There's not a great discrepancy, but there is some difference.

Moo you seem to be true democrat and I respect you for that but there is still a hint of sexism in your posts although I think it is unintentional to me you are coming across as a nice guy.

seanbmc

It's the internet and everyone knows, there's no girls on the internet.

Sharpshooter

livinsane wrote: »

The cool girls dont have usernames that give their gender away.

I should have stuck to my guns...:(

On the plus side, no more Pm's from wimminzs with the flirting stuff going on...:P

General General

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Moo you seem to be true democrat and I respect you for that but there is still a hint of sexism in your posts although I think it is unintentional to me you are coming across as a nice guy.

It's looking like The King of Moo has pulled...

OutlawPete

Women have smaller hands too so maybe the they are just more prone to wrist strain than guys are (no jokes please :cool:) from the typing.

LETHAL LADY

General General wrote: »

It's looking like The King of Moo has pulled...

Not a hope.:p

General General

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Not a hope.:p

Lethal Lady, that's a pretty damning response you've given there...