A few days ago, I came across an article entitled: “Why women dominate social networking”, and it made me wonder: What are the logical reasons for such a phenomenon?
Join me to take a look at the following quotes:
“Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult,” by Charlotte Whitton, and “There is a special place in hell for women who do not help other women,” by Madeleine K. Albright.
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The two main points that could be easily deduced from these quotes are the following: women have the ability to get things done faster than men, through multitasking, and women are clearly competitive amongst each other. These are facts that are scientifically proven in more than one article and study and both in real life and virtually!
Therefore, in my opinion, apart from the fact that women actually dominate social networks through sex appeal, they also do so through their competitive nature and their multitasking skills!
Women & Competitiveness…
The way I see it, women are always competing amongst each other. Let’s take Facebook for example, if female A posts a few pictures of herself wearing something “sexy”, female B automatically sees them and goes out, buys some new seductive outfit, takes pictures and posts them on Facebook! Thus, more interaction on Facebook! The same could be easily applied to written wall posts and comments, games played, things shared and so on.
As for LinkedIn, if female A has many contacts and recommendations, female B gets jealous and starts engaging more with people and looking for contacts to add. Again, more interaction on LinkedIn.
And the list goes on!
Women & Multitasking…
Women do multitask, we have established this fact. Therefore, consequently, women have more time to interact online, share information, post pictures while they are cooking, eating, working, ironing, and so on! Thus, in other words, it should be a given that women would have a larger social media presence, if we dismiss the fact that most women are social fanatics, even though female Internet use could be limited in some countries.
To Wrap Up…
Not only do women multi-task, know how to use their appeal and have a craving for competitiveness, they also tend to remember more than men, making them more open to different levels of interactions, both online and offline.
So, finally, do you agree with me on the aforementioned reasoning I have stated above? Do you think men will ever be as social as women? And what are the manifestations of this equation of power to women on social media platforms?
Women on the Social Web
