BayAreaWicked

The social media fuelled 'gender war' is stupid. But it's also interesting. I think an overlooked reason for it is despite all the "men and women are the same" claptrap, men think and talk like men, and women think and talk like women. And online, these styles constantly clash. In real life, men typically soften our speech and manner when women are present. It happens instantaneously and perhaps unconsciously in most cases. But on the internet, detached from being able to physically SEE (let alone cater to) every potential viewer or listener, this calibration is less likely to occur. Online, men default to speaking as if their audience is other men (it predominantly is). Women hear or see this and think the tone is too 'harsh', broad, and 'insensitive'. And it often is. But that's how men speak when you're not around. For the first time in human history, we have billions of men and women of all different backgrounds, all communicating and cross-pollinating ideas and communication styles. People are privvy to more conversations than ever, and don't always like it because their particularly sensitivities are not catered to. They are often outright ignored. Very few men actually hate women. But we aren't women and technology has its limitations. Real world conversations are superior because there is more empathy and humanity. And fewer algorithms :)