Men want facts, women seek relations on Web By Eric Auchard
Wed Dec 28,11:09 PM ET



Internet users share many common interests, but men are heavier consumers of news, stocks, sports and pornography while more women look for health and religious guidance, a broad survey of U.S. Web usage has found.

The study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project to be released on Thursday finds men are slightly more intense users of the Web. Men log on more frequently and spend more time online. More men also have access to quick broadband connections than do women.

"Once you get past the commonalities, men tend to be attracted to online activities that are far more action-oriented, while women tend to value things involving relationships or human connections," said Deborah Fallows, a research fellow at Pew and author of the report.

A larger number of men surf the Internet for pleasure, with 70 percent acknowledging they go online to pass time, compared with 63 percent of women. Men are more likely than women to listen to music, view Webcams and pay for digital content.

But women are catching up in several areas measured by the survey, and intensive use by younger women suggests some of the gaps will continue to narrow.

Already, women are heavier users of e-mail, often going beyond the matter-of-fact responses of male correspondents to use e-mail to share stories, solve issues and reach out to a wider network of friends and family.

Both genders look to the Web as a font of information and as an efficient communications tool, said Fallows in an interview.

Overall, the percentage of men and women who use the Web are nearly equal. Roughly 68 percent of men and 66 percent of women report making use of the Web, up from 20 percent of the U.S. population Pew found in 1995, when men made up 58 percent of the online audience.

WEB RISKS, JARGON PUT WOMEN OFF

Over the past decade, men have proved more willing to engage in riskier encounters or transactions, such as joining chat rooms, bidding in online auctions or trading stocks. Auctions attract 30 percent of men versus 18 percent of women.

In addition, 21 percent of males confess to looking at porn online compared with just 5 percent of females, the Pew survey has found. This area is notoriously difficult to measure and may be underreported by survey respondents, Fallows said.

Meanwhile, 74 percent of women seek health or medical information online, far more than the 58 percent of men who do so. Thirty-four percent of women seek religious information from the Web versus 25 percent of men. Such differences mirror gender differences in the offline world, Fallows noted.

Men go online more frequently, as 44 percent use the Web several times daily versus 39 percent of women.

Partly this reflects their greater broadband access, requiring less time to wait for dial-up connections. Seventy-eight percent of men have broadband connections at work versus 69 percent of women, although the broadband gender gap narrows among both sexes at home.

In addition, the survey found men feel more in control of their computers. Far more men fix their own computers, for instance. Men also are more likely to be aware of the latest technology jargon -- terms like spam, firewall, spyware, adware, phishing and RSS.

GENDER GAP, OR GENERATION GAP?

Based on responses by thousands of U.S. Web users to a questionnaire covering 90 areas of online activity, the Pew report finds some of the gender differences to be generational. Girls and young women are more facile with technology-intensive activities than older generations of women appear to be.

Eighty-six percent of women ages 18-29 are Web users, compared with 80 percent of men. But 34 percent of men 65 and older use the Internet, compared with 21 percent of elderly women.

By 2004, 22 percent of teenage girls had started a blog, or online journal, versus 17 percent of boys. Yet boys are far more likely to download music or videos, with 38 percent of boys saying they watch online video versus 24 percent of girls.

"Teenage girls may do more or less than boys of certain activities, like downloading, but the important message is that the technology is not standing in their way," the report states. As younger women grow up, women are likely to overtake men in terms of the overall audience, Fallows predicts.

The report cites data from surveys performed by Pew from 2000 through 2005. Some 6,403 respondents took part in 2005

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currents through them. This stuns the sperm, effectively putting them to
sleep for up to 10 days." (Sunday Times)Serbian birth control expert Dr Sava Bojovic unveils his new torture light contraception technique for men.

Lady-boy Kissing Criminals Threaten Thai Tourists

A 73 year old Bangladeshi businessman bit off more than he could chew this week, when he took three transvestite prostitutes back to his Bangkok apartment who proceeded to drug him before robbing him of his laptop, money and mobile phone.

The reportedly 'attractive' ladyboys confessed to cops that they slipped powerful sedatives down their victim's throat as they passionately snogged him, prompting Thai authorities to issue a general alert to tourists warning of the sinister new scam.

"Don't rush to kiss a stranger on the mouth, " a police lieutenant colonel advised, "Or you will end up in a deep sleep." (AP)

In more bad news for Bangkok revellers, authorities this week imposed a further clampdown on licensing arrangements, outlawing sales of alcohol from midnight at all venues and shops throughout the city. A citywide 2am club curfew is already strictly enforced across the capital with many clubs closing at one, and the new alcohol ban will presumably mean many, if not all, are now forced to shut at midnight.

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makes it unique is a dime-sized hole at the rear of the right temple. I
have been told that this is potentially a bullet hole from a small
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Body-Piercing Blood Poisoning Death Prompts Danger Alert

A 17 year old British student who died of septicaemia almost certainly
contracted the disease from having his lip pierced, a coroner told a
South Yorkshire court this week.

Daniel Hindle, who lived normally though had suffered from a heart
condition from birth, was rushed to hospital after collapsing with blood
poisoning some two months after being pierced though died soon after.

"Those who are vulnerable to infection, because of a heart condition or
any other reason, perhaps need to understand this isn't just the fusty
old adults trying to stop their fun," Christopher Dorries, the coroner,
told the Court, adding "There can be very real risks."

Daniel died in December 2002 some six months before the European Union
Commission issued a terrifying alert about the health risks associated
with tattoo and body piercing parlours which claimed that almost half
of all body piercings 'lead to acute infections requiring medical
treatment'.

'Their (unhygienic) practices can bring about viral infections such as
hepatitis, HIV, bacterial and fungal infections," the Commission warned
in July 2003, "And malignant lesions such as melanoma (skin cancer),
leprosy and other devastating diseases"(The Guardian).

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Include: 'numbness or absent sensation in the hands and arms, or feet and
legs; muscle weakness resulting in signs such as foot drop (the toe drags
when the foot is lifted to take a step)

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years for tuberculoid leprosy symptoms to appear and about eight years
for lepromatous leprosy symptoms to appear. Lepromatous leprosy symptoms
are a chronically stuffy nose and many skin lesions and nodules on both
sides of the body . . .')

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Fabiani)

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Keitel)

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Skool invites the best producers, artwork designers, and music experts
along to explain the processes involved in order to shed light on the
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Trance')

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(What kind of techno are you?)

Erotic Links (NO GOOD FOR WORK!!!):
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http://www.artoflegendindia.com/browse/PSA (Indian erotic art paintings)
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of us to use reason to search after truth rather than simply accept the
opinion of authorities or be subject to superstition . . .')

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('John Locke (1632-1704): Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the
only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby
all mankind are set on work, and guided . . .')

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society must return to our founding principles: We are a land of liberty
where natural rights of individuals precede and supersede the power of
the state . . .')

US Therapist OKs Solo Sex

Top American sex education teacher Cay L. Crow claimed that
masturbation is an effective way of alleviating stress in an interview with US
journal The Ranger this week, declaring 'it also is a great way to mediate
anxiety'.

"According to the American Medical Association, there is no harm in
masturbating," Ms Crow added, "And it's perfectly safe in this era of
disease."

Her comments flatly contradicted the stance adopted by fundamental
organisations such as the Mormons, who recently published a 'Guide to Self
Control' advising self abusers to 'pray fervently and out loud when the
temptations are the strongest'.

"Masturbation is a sinful habit that robs one of the Spirit and creates
guilt and emotional stress," the Mormon's pamphlet explains,

"This self-gratifying activity will cause one to lose his self-respect
and feel guilty and depressed, which can in the extreme lead to further
sinning. As a person feels spiritually unclean, he loses interest in
prayer, his testimony becomes weak, and missionary work and other Church
callings become burdensome, offering no joy and limited success," they
warn.

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Onanism Links (NO GOOD FOR WORK!!!): (Horror stories:' it's a
misconception that a vacuum cleaner will suck your penis right off. In fact, most
people injure themselves by placing the erect penis directly into the
body of the vacuum cleaner or electric broom where the fan blades are
located, approximately 15 cm from the inlet. Another fascinating fact: it
tends to be men over 50 who end up getting too close to their vacuum
cleaners . . .')
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circumcision: 'A remedy 'for masturbation" which is almost always successful
in small boys is circumcision . . . The operation should be performed
by a surgeon without administering an anaesthetic, as the pain attending
the operation will have a salutary effect upon the mind, especially if
it be connected with the idea of punishment, John Harvey Kellogg, 1888)
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entities is not new. As mentioned before, Plato believed that transcendent
forms exist from which the multitude of appearances come into our world
. . .')


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vehicle to pull alongside the victim's car and simply blast away at
everyone inside. If the driver is hit their all as good as dead. The best
defense against this type of attack is to slam on the brakes, causing the
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helmets uncovered: 'It has long been suspected that the government has
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citizens. The use of aluminum helmets has been a common guerrilla tactic
against the government's invasive tactics '1". Surprisingly, these helmets
can in fact help the government spy on citizens . . .')

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City May Reconsider 'Illicit' Activity of Dance: "The cabaret law itself
is absurd. It's totalitarian. Two years ago the only places it was
illegal to dance were Manhattan and Afghanistan. And now you can dance
in Afghanistan. .')

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find out')

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hour podcast from Groenland Records, includes PET)

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(Temposhark's Hard Medium Soft)


China Drills Holes In Drug Users' Heads

Chinese authorities have resumed treating drug users with brain
surgery, after abandoning the practise less than two years ago over health
issues.

The controversial procedure involves doctors drilling a one centimetre
hole in a person's head into which is inserted a long needle deep into
the brain, which is then heated to up to 80 degrees Celsius and clamped
inside the patient's head for seven days. The operation is supposed to
destroy the part of the brain linked to addiction, though previous
victims complained of 'memory loss, extreme mood swings and weakened sex
drive' (Daily Telegraph).

The technique was first tested in Russia in 1999, when doctors from the
Institute of the Human Brain in St Petersburg drilled holes in 335
people's heads, and (unlike in China) no anaesthetics were used. However,
Russia stopped drilling druggies in 2002 after patient Alexander L
complained he not only suffered headaches but also went back on drugs, much
to the dismay of chief surgeon Sergei Pokohmov.

"The patient's complaints are not serious or true, and the court's
decision (to stop operations) was made without considering any medical
expertise," he told the Guardian in 2002.

"Until now we have had no complaints about the operation. As with any
medical procedure, we do not guarantee 100% success," he moaned,

http://www.mosnews.com/images/p/12058.shtml (Russian drug pictures)



Brain Links:

http://www.bmezine.com/news/people/A10101/trepan ('Trepanation. The
desire to increase one's conciousness permanently has led some brave
people to undergo this procedure. This is the story of one such brave
individual . . .' VERY GRAPHIC PICTURES-MIGHT OFFEND!!!)

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brain game- tricky!)

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/hiro.html (Brain puzzle game)

http://www.newstatesman.com/200512050049 (Amanda Platell on Euan
"Watching Tony and Cherie's son Euan rolling up for the Bafta children's
awards, at which, for reasons beyond the comprehension of any sentient
being, he presented a prize, you were struck by two things. First, how
completely at ease the 21-year-old and his girlfriend Suzanne are with the
champagne-and-red-carpet treatment. And second, how much he milks his
family connections . . .')

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(His confident smile shows he is perfectly at home in the world of show
business. And with highlighted hair and wispy goatee, he could easily
be one of the young stars of the night . . . (includes photo).)

http://crimemagazine.com/04/manson,1212.htm ('The Manson Myth':
'Charles Manson is the most famous common criminal in the world, his name a
synonym for evil . . .' (includes photo)