Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009By Sopheap Chak
Global Voices Online
“Through observation and research findings, women are more likely to post their personal issues, so to say, while men tend to talk about politics or technology in their blog which sometimes, if i have to say, catches attention from the mainstream media,” said a Cambodian commentator, named Lyda whose thesis is related to gender and blogging, commenting on a post entitled “Digital Democracy Emerging in Cambodia.”
Yet, her remark is not surprisingly new as this has been raised by other writers who tackled the gender question on blogging:
“[…] Why men are more likely than women to write about news and politics is a question that existed long before the dawn of the Web […],” reported by Lisa Guernsey, journalist of the New York Times who maintains a blog herself as well.
There are some who highlight the cultural link of the gender issue while others blame mainstream media which puts too much attention on the male group of bloggers.
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