Where is our UK Arianna?
Iain asks today why women don’t blog on political issues, why are 90% of them men. I’ve looked at my blogroll and wondered the same, I only have two women bloggers there, including the USA Queen of Blogs, my Greek Goddess of the Huff Post.
The ratio is actually the same as the number of Tory women MPs, of which there are 9%, only 17 in all. The answer could be because:
- Women are less interested in political affairs
- Women are better at talking than men and don’t feel the need to communicate this way
- They are put off by the tekkie side of it
- They are too busy multi-tasking already
- They simply don’t have the time or the passion required to blog
I find blogging totally absorbing, very stimulating and enjoy its creativity. I have come across some great like-minded people through blogsphere. I am never stuck for something to write about, on the contrary. So many thanks again to Geoff for giving me my kickstart.
My family might not be so pleased though as I sometimes forget about everything else and it has caused me to burn the dinner, be late for the school run and become a bit of a geek. I’ve even been called a blog bore.
I think in general there are fewer women bloggers, mainly for the above reasons. Can you suggest any others?
Thanks also to Iain for recommending my site as “a good example of an insightful blog”.
“They are too busy multi-tasking already”
hah! 🙂
Yes, it’s true, hence the burnt dinners.
Maybe political women have too much to contend with in the real world of politics.
Such a shame – I enjoyed reading her blog.
Her last paragraph says it all: “It took up too much time and concentration”. I know what she means.
Men seem to be in majority anyway with anything to do with IT. The concept of Men are from Mars and Women from Venus book really does explain why men’s brains are different – don’t we all know this – and so better suited to blogging on line than actually talking personally, as we prefer to do.
There are actually more female bloggers than male. However, as to the political side of things, i’m not too sure about the Uk but in Oz, there are very few women in politics fullstop so i am not surprised that few women blog on politics.
Ellee, you might know of this blog already but here’s the link anyway.
http://blogsbywomen.blogspot.com/
It’s a US based blog and portal for women bloggers. 1,588 blogs listed already!
Thanks Larry, I didn’t know, I will check some of them out. We have a lot of catching up to do.