Another blog seed from the comments

"Ever notice that most of your commenters are female? Me thinks you have a secret to getting the ladies to respond to you."

- Rattl'n Chains, comment from yesterday.

Yes, I have noticed, and it's a keen observation by you. I wish that "secret" worked in the real world as well as it does here in the Blogosphere.

From the start I've always had more women readers and commenters than men. I think it's because I don't write much about sports and "guy stuff", and when I do write about sports, it's in a general interest way, because I like to look at things from a different perspective.

No doubt, most of my Google searches for such things as Alycia Lane bikini pics, Britney Spears and Paula Creamer are coming from men, but they are undoubtedly disappointed by what they find here and are likely to be quick to leave. I can't help but wonder what the reaction is when their little Google search uncovers a legitimate essay on Paula or one of the girls and no trace of any revealing pictures. Part of me takes great pleasure in disappointing them.

Generally, I'm more comfortable in a room full of women than men. That hasn't helped me much socially, but in general, I think that once people get to know me, they find that I'm not a typical guy, which I've always accepted as a badge of honor, but women (in the real world) find to be of little appeal.

I think my comfort level comes in because I was raised by my mother, after my father died. At work last week, we had Diversity Training (which I found to be redundant), and the issue came up over assigning traditional gender roles to boys and girls. I strongly objected, and made the case that a boy leaving home would have no idea how to run a washing machine, iron clothes or shop for groceries if his sister (or mother) always did those things. Some Neanderthals in the group thought otherwise. Their kids will grow up to be helpless and totally dependent on their wife to do everything. They can find someone subservient like that, but what kind of marriage is that? But I digress.

I think the things I write about here and generally think about are not gender specific, and I think that if you did a study, you'd find that there are probably more women bloggers than men to begin with, so with the combination of those two things, it really isn't surprising. Men, in general, have difficulty expressing their feelings, so blogging is a chore. I realize that is a stereotype, but sometimes, stereotypes are true. That's how they got to be stereotypes.

My next post will deal specifically with men's fascination with breasts, football and beer and how quickly you can eat various foods.

Just to be fair.