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		<title>By: Villainous Company</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/why_so_few_female_pundits/comment-page-1/#comment-39699</link>
		<dc:creator>Villainous Company</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Let The Food Fight Begin&lt;/strong&gt;
Being one of the fair sex, and therefore notoriously uncomfortable with the food-fight nature of opinion-writing, I of course hesitated to stray from the safety of the herd when I stumbled across this (via TigerHawk): Yesterday I said that, if...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Let The Food Fight Begin</strong><br />
Being one of the fair sex, and therefore notoriously uncomfortable with the food-fight nature of opinion-writing, I of course hesitated to stray from the safety of the herd when I stumbled across this (via TigerHawk): Yesterday I said that, if...</p>
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		<title>By: don't ask</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/why_so_few_female_pundits/comment-page-1/#comment-37841</link>
		<dc:creator>don't ask</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 17:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m a female political junkie just reaching the point of bursting with info enough to consider a blog.  The big picture has come clearer into focus re: global domination vs. families retaining access to water, food, education et cetera, around the world.  Anyone care to comment on global domination?  I thought not.  This is a conservative blog, after all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I'm a female political junkie just reaching the point of bursting with info enough to consider a blog.  The big picture has come clearer into focus re: global domination vs. families retaining access to water, food, education et cetera, around the world.  Anyone care to comment on global domination?  I thought not.  This is a conservative blog, after all.</p>
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		<title>By: Political Animal</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/why_so_few_female_pundits/comment-page-1/#comment-37314</link>
		<dc:creator>Political Animal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Women and Blogging&lt;/strong&gt;
WOMEN AND BLOGGING....Well, that didn&#039;t go well. Here&#039;s a roundup of responses: Meryl Yourish: &quot;A (female) blogger sent me this link to Kevin Drum being an idiot (yes, I know, he is often an idiot, but this time, it&#039;s personalâhe...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Women and Blogging</strong><br />
WOMEN AND BLOGGING....Well, that didn't go well. Here's a roundup of responses: Meryl Yourish: "A (female) blogger sent me this link to Kevin Drum being an idiot (yes, I know, he is often an idiot, but this time, it's personalâhe...</p>
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		<title>By: WILLisms.com</title>
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		<dc:creator>WILLisms.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Whither The Female Bloggers?&lt;/strong&gt;
In the course of reading blogs, it becomes readily apparent that blogging is perhaps the most male-dominated &quot;industry&quot; in America right now. Is there a gender gap in blogging? The Pew Research Center recently studied the demographics of blogging, fi...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Whither The Female Bloggers?</strong><br />
In the course of reading blogs, it becomes readily apparent that blogging is perhaps the most male-dominated "industry" in America right now. Is there a gender gap in blogging? The Pew Research Center recently studied the demographics of blogging, fi...</p>
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		<title>By: Toni</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/why_so_few_female_pundits/comment-page-1/#comment-37201</link>
		<dc:creator>Toni</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2005 18:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t agree with the comment from Just Me.  I don&#039;t think it has anything to do with women vs men who are IT proficient.  I think part has to do with the troll issue but moreso that not as many women as men are news/politics junkies which is primarily what it takes to be a successful blogger.  I&#039;m sure there are other reasons but if Michelle Malkin can make it then any woman can make it(this is not to take anything away from Michelle).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don't agree with the comment from Just Me.  I don't think it has anything to do with women vs men who are IT proficient.  I think part has to do with the troll issue but moreso that not as many women as men are news/politics junkies which is primarily what it takes to be a successful blogger.  I'm sure there are other reasons but if Michelle Malkin can make it then any woman can make it(this is not to take anything away from Michelle).</p>
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		<title>By: LJD</title>
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		<dc:creator>LJD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2005 18:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Has any one verified the actual sex of bloggers Pat, Terry, Joe, Sam, or Jean?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Has any one verified the actual sex of bloggers Pat, Terry, Joe, Sam, or Jean?</p>
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		<title>By: DJ Drummond</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/why_so_few_female_pundits/comment-page-1/#comment-37191</link>
		<dc:creator>DJ Drummond</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have &lt;a href=&quot;http:stolenthunder.blogspot.com&quot;&gt;some thoughts&lt;/a&gt; on the matter, and no, it does not seem to be related to &quot;hotness&quot;.

There are demographics and social trends involved, if you think about it, as well as at least two clear means to redress the imbalance.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have <a href="http:stolenthunder.blogspot.com">some thoughts</a> on the matter, and no, it does not seem to be related to "hotness".</p>
<p>There are demographics and social trends involved, if you think about it, as well as at least two clear means to redress the imbalance.</p>
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		<title>By: Katherine</title>
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		<dc:creator>Katherine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would like to phrase it differently:

1) If this is noteworthy, is it because it&#039;s a problem?
2) If so, why not do something about it?
3) If not, what the hell&#039;s your point? (One possible alternative is: to make patronizing generalizations about women not having opinions.) 

Based on reading Drum&#039;s blogroll I would guess:
1) he links to the same blogs that everyone else links to. He makes no effort to link to new weblogs that everyone HASN&#039;T already heard of, and only middling effort to link to the best weblogs rather than the best known.
2) He updates the blogroll rarely, reinforcing the early adopter thing
3) He makes a conscious effort to link to conservative weblogs as well as liberal ones
3) He makes no conscious effort at all to link to weblogs by women.

As to the &quot;hotness&quot; thing: it is not exactly unheard of for women&#039;s looks to count more than men&#039;s in their professional success.

One observation: every female blogger I know of who does not blog under an explicitly female name has people assume she&#039;s male--even if she has actually referred to her gender or her screen name sounds more like a women&#039;s name than a man&#039;s.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would like to phrase it differently:</p>
<p>1) If this is noteworthy, is it because it's a problem?<br />
2) If so, why not do something about it?<br />
3) If not, what the hell's your point? (One possible alternative is: to make patronizing generalizations about women not having opinions.) </p>
<p>Based on reading Drum's blogroll I would guess:<br />
1) he links to the same blogs that everyone else links to. He makes no effort to link to new weblogs that everyone HASN'T already heard of, and only middling effort to link to the best weblogs rather than the best known.<br />
2) He updates the blogroll rarely, reinforcing the early adopter thing<br />
3) He makes a conscious effort to link to conservative weblogs as well as liberal ones<br />
3) He makes no conscious effort at all to link to weblogs by women.</p>
<p>As to the "hotness" thing: it is not exactly unheard of for women's looks to count more than men's in their professional success.</p>
<p>One observation: every female blogger I know of who does not blog under an explicitly female name has people assume she's male--even if she has actually referred to her gender or her screen name sounds more like a women's name than a man's.</p>
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		<title>By: Kathy K</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kathy K</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think the &#039;early adopters&#039; theory may have something to do with it. And the fact that women who are bloggers are more likely to be &#039;diarists&#039; (I suspect among all bloggers, including personal, you&#039;d find women over-represented).
I&#039;ll also note that most of my fellow female bloggers are less likely to engage in the kind of self-promotion that puts you up in the top ten.
Wonkette being an exception.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the 'early adopters' theory may have something to do with it. And the fact that women who are bloggers are more likely to be 'diarists' (I suspect among all bloggers, including personal, you'd find women over-represented).<br />
I'll also note that most of my fellow female bloggers are less likely to engage in the kind of self-promotion that puts you up in the top ten.<br />
Wonkette being an exception.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth B</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2005 05:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is possible to figure out how many men/women read a few blogs, specifically those that were surveyed by blogads:

&quot;They are also far more male -- 79%! -- than I expected, versus 56% of NYTimes.com&#039;s reader.  To be clear, the survey&#039;s responses are a fragment of a sample of a subset.&quot;

You can see the results here:
http://www.blogads.com/survey/blog_reader_survey.html.

So there is data out there.  Of course, there&#039;s data out there about women and mathematics, too, but don&#039;t tell any feminists that.  However, I know that here in the blogosphere, data is appreciated!

I worked in the Air Force as a statistician and knew a lot of mathematicians, both male and female.  However, the most brilliant ones I knew were all male.  However, I also teach remedial phonics, and more of the reading failures seem to be male.  Women seem better at overall language skills than men, and girls seem less harmed by improper teaching of reading than boys.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is possible to figure out how many men/women read a few blogs, specifically those that were surveyed by blogads:</p>
<p>"They are also far more male -- 79%! -- than I expected, versus 56% of NYTimes.com's reader.  To be clear, the survey's responses are a fragment of a sample of a subset."</p>
<p>You can see the results here:<br />
<a href="http://www.blogads.com/survey/blog_reader_survey.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.blogads.com/survey/blog_reader_survey.html</a>.</p>
<p>So there is data out there.  Of course, there's data out there about women and mathematics, too, but don't tell any feminists that.  However, I know that here in the blogosphere, data is appreciated!</p>
<p>I worked in the Air Force as a statistician and knew a lot of mathematicians, both male and female.  However, the most brilliant ones I knew were all male.  However, I also teach remedial phonics, and more of the reading failures seem to be male.  Women seem better at overall language skills than men, and girls seem less harmed by improper teaching of reading than boys.</p>
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		<title>By: John Lemon, Now Semi Sweet</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Lemon, Now Semi Sweet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2005 05:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In addition, if that chick in the ad on the upper right of your blog would start a blog, I would read that too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In addition, if that chick in the ad on the upper right of your blog would start a blog, I would read that too.</p>
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		<title>By: John Lemon, Now Extra Sour</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Lemon, Now Extra Sour</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2005 05:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First off, &quot;Kevin Drum&quot; and &quot;thoughtful&quot; should not be used in the same sentence.

Second, I don&#039;t see the problem here.  Michelle Malkin is hot.  (Note her sexy windblown hair in her blog picture.)  Kevin Drum is not hot.  (I don&#039;t care if Kevin has windblown hair or not.)  That is why Michelle Malkin is in the top blogs.  Now, this really doesn&#039;t explain the question, but who cares.  

Now if Tia Carrere would have a blog, I would read it.

QED</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First off, "Kevin Drum" and "thoughtful" should not be used in the same sentence.</p>
<p>Second, I don't see the problem here.  Michelle Malkin is hot.  (Note her sexy windblown hair in her blog picture.)  Kevin Drum is not hot.  (I don't care if Kevin has windblown hair or not.)  That is why Michelle Malkin is in the top blogs.  Now, this really doesn't explain the question, but who cares.  </p>
<p>Now if Tia Carrere would have a blog, I would read it.</p>
<p>QED</p>
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		<title>By: El Cid</title>
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		<dc:creator>El Cid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2005 05:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think the early adopter theory is valid and the inertia of that will take time to break.  Blogging is new, relatively, it is hard to envision how the ecosphere will look in 5 years after real maturity.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the early adopter theory is valid and the inertia of that will take time to break.  Blogging is new, relatively, it is hard to envision how the ecosphere will look in 5 years after real maturity.</p>
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		<title>By: Just Me</title>
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		<dc:creator>Just Me</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2005 03:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that men overall are more comfortable with the computer end of blogging.

There are a lot of women on the various comment sections, so I don&#039;t know that you can argue women don&#039;t like the debate aspect, and it would be difficult to figure out just how many men/women read the various blogs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that men overall are more comfortable with the computer end of blogging.</p>
<p>There are a lot of women on the various comment sections, so I don't know that you can argue women don't like the debate aspect, and it would be difficult to figure out just how many men/women read the various blogs.</p>
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		<title>By: bryan</title>
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		<dc:creator>bryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2005 03:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You should also note that Michele Catalano was much higher up in the blog rankings a year ago before she kicked the political stuff out of the blog.

These days, name recognition is about the only thing that&#039;s going to drive someone to the top of the rankings quickly.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You should also note that Michele Catalano was much higher up in the blog rankings a year ago before she kicked the political stuff out of the blog.</p>
<p>These days, name recognition is about the only thing that's going to drive someone to the top of the rankings quickly.</p>
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