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"Men want facts, women seek relations on Web"

Study of Internet use shows gender difference in surfing styles.

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  • Sunday, January 1, 2006 10:48 AM

    Why does this "study" have broad interest beyond it's potential applicability for directed marketing?

    Really: The gathering of statistics for advertising that is to be directed to a target audience is the ONLY end-use for this study that has any legitimacy.

    To take the conclusions in this report and to then try to extrapolate some meaningful "social commentary" about gender differences is insulting--to both genders. And, as one letter-writer pointed out, the conclusions themselves seem to be based on preconceived gender biases (e.g., why is perusing a medical site considered to be "relationship-oriented", rather than "fact seeking," when women do it?).

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