tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528732542577246702.post1608356778159304442..comments2008-04-24T12:41:53.050+01:00patroclushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351quadrireme@gmail.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528732542577246702.post-60308870008218044422008-04-24T12:41:00.000+01:002008-04-24T12:41:00.000+01:00Leonie, I fear you may be right. I did think that the fact that there are almost equal numbers of male and female bloggers means that women *are* just as inclined to air their views and opinions publicly, but perhaps I'm wrong. Or perhaps women see blogging as more of a private/personal forum, rather than a public one.<BR/><BR/>I definitely think you should write an article called 'Old Men Have Opinions About Everything'. I'm sure a lot of old men would have something to say on the matter...patroclushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528732542577246702.post-92153792219101935632008-04-24T12:05:00.000+01:002008-04-24T12:05:00.000+01:00I once worked for a newspaper near my home town (in southern Germany). Very often (because I was the intern and noone else wanted to do it) I had to walk around with pen, paper and camera and do little opinion polls on the issue of the day. <BR/>Very quickly it became clear to me that most women (of any age) did not want to share their opinions, and almost all men were very eager to explain their point of view to me and were clearly looking forward to having it published in the paper. <BR/><BR/>Especially older men (50-70) would not stop talking. Older women on the other hand had no interest in telling me what they thought.<BR/>That still fascinates me. I might write an article entitled: "Old Men Have Opinions On Everything".<BR/><BR/>So unless people are very different in other countries, I think one part of the explanation could be that women simply do not write as many letters as men. <BR/><BR/>[sorry, that was rather long.]leonienoreply@blogger.com