Blogging: a female dominated sport!

I'm a dude who blogs. I have a bunch of women-friends who blog too. I know them from church, and affectionately refer to them as

The "Stepford Bloggers"... You know who you are!


I've been in technology my entire career, and jumped on board with blogging back when it was still short for "web logging" (who knew that?). So I thought I had a hand up when it came to my blog. Then I found that these newbies with no technical expertise were stirring up the most insane activity on their newbie blogs!! It's not uncommon to see the following at the bottom of their posts: "21 people had this to say", "15 people had this to say", "18 comments"..... And they're writing about soup! Or buying jeans! Or doing laundry!

I don't think I've ever seen double-digit comments on any of my posts. How are these newbie home-making mommie bloggers acheiving that kind of response?? At first I took it as a ding to my writing ability. Then this morning, talking to one of the Stepford Bloggers, I had a revelation. Blogging fills that most-basic chick need for chattiness and connectedness.



Aha! Whew...



I don't have to take it personally any more, because now I get it. Imagine all these blogging women together at a party. The kind of chit-chat that would ensue is exactly what you find when you read their posts and comments.

Now imagine their husbands hanging out at the same party. The kind of chit-chat you'd see there is what I get on my posts: mostly bubpkis. Not that I shoot for a male readership, but lets face it, I'm no mommy, and have no kidlets. So I can only offer you posts about plumbing, home improvement projects, balding, becoming unemployed, etc. Where's the fun in that??

In the end, women get the most fulfillment from blogging. Which is why it's a female dominated sport. Now, if ever they move fantasy football to a blog, THAT'S when the field might level out a bit. For now, it is clearly tipped to the chicks.