The American Street, I found an excellent post and discussion about:
Women, Geeks, and the Blogosphere
In it, Nick Lewis addresses the dearth of women amongst the a-list bloggers.
"Computer geeks, web designers, developers, and various other nerd-trades — until recently — have been overwhelmingly dominated by males. The technology that allows the blogosphere was created by geeks; since they were here first (and indeed, geeks are hugely over-represented in the blogosphere), they’ve been in a better position to dominate this early period in the evolution of the blogosphere.
"Computer geeks, web designers, developers, and various other nerd-trades — until recently — have been overwhelmingly dominated by males. The technology that allows the blogosphere was created by geeks; since they were here first (and indeed, geeks are hugely over-represented in the blogosphere), they’ve been in a better position to dominate this early period in the evolution of the blogosphere.
In my opinion, various social expectations and peer pressure are to blame for the lack of women geeks. Seriously… let us not forget the way almost all of us thought in middle and high school. How many girls dared to be deep geeks (and, by way of common interests, socialize with the geeks)? At my school, I seem to recall only five girls who were deep geeks. All of them were truly astonishing people, for on the one hand, not caring about the very real social consequences of being a female geek, and tolerating the clumsy passes that the male geeks would make on them."
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