Minority Report
No this is not a Tom Cruise post.
I am definitely in the minority. I've just realised. I've looked over all the blogs that I commonly read, and every single one of them is authored by a woman. Where are all the interesting fellas out there? Surely I should have found another blogger, another bloke, who I might find interesting to read about? Or is this blogging thing mainly a female thing? Perhaps every other male on the planet on the web is too busy downloading porn or playing World of WarCraft? Or living a Second Life (similar to downloading porn...) Or am I only interested in what women have to say? Do I enjoy the company of women more? Am I a dreaded S-N-A-G? Or am I a weirdo? I've just done a google search for blokes blogs. Two-fifths of f*ck all. Search for women blogs and you get site after site with pages and pages full of blogs by women. Far out brussel sprout. Has anyone else noticed this? Are there any stats out there? Are blokes supposed to be too cool to blog? I guess I'm not like your typical guy though. Why do I blog? Just because. I like to be able to record my thoughts. Is it like a diary? Yes and no. I still would not post my most private thoughts. I daren't not for so many reasons. I like to be able to just blaaaaaaght onto the page. It's good to acknowledge my feelings in this way. This I suppose is a very non-blokey thing to do. Perhaps I shouldn't use the term bloke to describe myself. I think of the term bloke more in terms of the typical man's man type. That's not me. I'm intelligent, private, unassuming, reflective, intuitive, complicated. Is this more like the typical woman blogger? Perhaps! Certainly the bloggers I read are a lot like this. I guess it doesn't matter. No it doesn't. It's interesting but. I'd never thought about blogging as being like this. I had anticipated to some extent that there would be a huge variety of bloggers out there. But there's not, there are a small number of types. Here's what I've observed so far.
1. MySpace types. These are the bloggers who only blog with their mates. Typically aged in mid-teens. Talk about boys, school and clothes. Take pictures of themselves with their mobile phones and have some poxy background music. Example.
2. Get rich! types. False blogs trying to suck you in to some bullsh*t money making scheme. Example.
3. Mommy types. Women who blog about their kids and/or their sewing. Don't kid yourself ladies, your life is not interesting. (Sorry, that's a bit harsh!). Example.
4. Sextape types. Of course. Click this link for hot sexy web cams now! Example.
5. Political types. Bush is a w*anker and 9/11 was a conspiracy. Example.
6. Normal Folk types. Just like you and me. We are interesting, intelligent, a little humourous and posting whatever is happening, whatever we're thinking, stuff that's real. Another Example.
This blog is my Wilson. Wilson!
6 comments:
Ha. cute post. Most definitely there are more female than male bloggers out there, and yet men traditionally have always been more "technology-inclined" than us chicks, but without doubt that is changing. I think you hit the nail on the head - that is about acknowledgement of thoughts or stories or feelings etc. Men tend not to feel the need to get them out like us chicks, so yes, perhaps in this respect you are in the so-called 'minority'. Certainly nothing to be concerned about. The only other male blogger that I regularly read is my mate Age:
http://inmyatmosphere.blogspot.com/.
PS - I really am liking the asthetic changes you are making to your blog... v nice!
Oh, m, if only there were more men like you! I think it is a fundamental difference in the hardwiring of our brains. Men do not like to share emotions, most especially with the world at large. And, the ones that are perusing the internet are often up to much more nefarious things than writing simple posts about their life and thoughts.
Ah the "secret-lifers" and the porn-seekers, the gamers, the hacks...But don't think of yourself as abnormal, think of yourself as the lone male at an all-girl slumber party. You get all the details on our innermost thoughts and feelings whilst the blokes are out drinking and wondering how to "nail" girls.
Meanwhile, we're in our PJs, having a pillow fight* and you get to be there!
*Girls, don't ever ruin this fantasy for men. They truly believe that's what we do when alone, so just let them. It can't hurt. They don't need to know we lay around in our flannel pants, eating Ben and Jerry's out of the tub and listening to ABBA.
You're cracking me up ciscobaby! I'm imagining the pillow fight a little differently right now! What do I see? I like the brazilian and your tanned upper lip is totally gone! :-) haha!
GP! (good point)
I'm always trying to find male bloggers, and I always give blogs authored my males a bigger "chance" to win me over than just another girl blog. (Not that you needed it, but sometimes I find a terrible guy blog and I just try try try to love it, but can't.)
One that I do like is http://themikestand.blogspot.com/ but he's a daddy blogger so... not sure how much you'll like him, haha.
One that is terrific written by a guy my age: http://justusz.blogspot.com/.
Link to other good ones if you find them!
Aussie, I've read almost the exact same blog post on my dear friend Omega's Blog.
Almost all the blogs rolled off mine are male everyday chatter type blogs.
You should visit, Invisible Rainbow if you're generally nihlistic, or the Strait of Messia for lawyer jokes & references to french philosophy.
Philly transplant is mostly married life, sports and hot girls.
Piros Papir is more of the metro-sexual world traveler 30 something.
And of course there was Mr. Bing, who did blog beautifully from Ireland, but his lady found his site, and he's since retired.
You are not alone out there in the blogsphere.
M, You'll be happy to know that the mustache is wanning. I've been using sunscreen religiously, every single morning I paint on 45 spf, and it seems to be working. I know you were really worried, so I hope this eases your mind. ;)
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