The article on the gender differences in social portraits reflected in my space profile was interesting. It provided a lot of significant statistics that describe the social tools of cyberspace. My space provides a place for people to socialize with others. It is obvious that women mention having a significant other well more than males appear to do on their social profiles. The need for women to mention their mates is obviously clear with the statistics that were gathered and compared. You would think that we as women were passed the need for apparent reassurance or need to be defined by our relationships.

The article included a lot of statistics but it was a lot of data to take in. The most distinctive gender differences were the number of times the significant other was mentioned in the “About Me” section and how many times they were mentioned in the “Interests” sections. Males were less apt to mention their significant other in the “About Me” section than women. I believe that because my space is such a social chat room that males tend not to mention their significant other as much due to attempting to meet other women through my space.

I do feel that a women’s career, family and personal relationships are all connected due to the continuous juggling of all aspects of her life unlike majority of men whom separate work and family. It’s hard to retain one sense of self or individuality when everything is dependent on you in order to keep going. How can you separate or disconnect yourself from your current juggling act? If they have more statistics regarding that information please let me know.

The study did state that some of the statistics were based on a young group of men and women. Majority of men at that age don’t have the responsibility of an older settled male which includes over the age of 30. Some more extensive studies that include older males as well as younger might reveal different results especially being able to separate work , family and personal relationships. Even though, the majority of individuals on my space are a younger group of people generally under 30.
It is also a stigmatism for women to not have someone in their life. The idea of falling in love and being in a relationship is what you are supposed to do. So you are conditioned to make that as much a priority as any other aspect of your life or there is considered something wrong with you. Men on the other hand consider that as something that you do compared to being a part of who you are. The statistics was insightful and I would like to see further studies in this area because I have quite a few statistics gathered on my own in this area of comparing male tendencies and female tendencies. I also have more conclusions as to why women mention their significant others more than men do for a variety of reasons