According to pewinternet.org, the following shows how men and women use the internet differently.
Although men are slightly more intense internet users, women tend to use the internet more for communication purposes. Women use e-mail to keep in touch with friends and family regarding news and events or even sharing a joke.
So, while women are more inclined to keep in touch with the internet, men are more likely to be using the internet to conduct business. Men use the initernet to pay bills, bid in auctions and trade and manage stocks. This does not include making online purchases for products. In which men and women use the internet for purchasing equally.
Men also use the internet to obtain information more than women do. In this sense, men are more likely to use the internet to gather information for things such as hobbies, read the news, as well as downloading and listening to music.
Women use the internet to gather information, but on subjects such as health and religion. Gathering information is a more interactive process for women and are more likely to share and obtain information through support groups and, as already stated, through e-mail exchanges.
Both man and women share the same view on the internets strongest characteristic, efficiency. The internet is a way to save time on tasks that would otherwise take longer, such
as paying bills or making purchases. But, men tend to use the internet more aggressivly and reach vaster topics by using search engines more confidently.
Although more men are participating more in online activities, women are quickly catching up. The reason men are ahead of women in internet usage is because men tend to be more tech savy. But, as the internet improves, it is a sure thing that women will become more confident in their internet usage and will be sharing the internet with men equally.
