Women use the net to keep up human ties, finds research
Gender divisions persist online but it is no longer about whether more men or women use the net, research shows.
A study by the Pew Internet Project found that roughly the same percentage of men and women in the US are serious internet users.

But the research found that men value the net for the freedom it gives them to try new ways of doing things.

By contrast women like the opportunities the net gives them to make and maintain human connections
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