A Huffington Post writer wrote an article saying Twitter is for girls. The writer – Michael Wolfe used many old stereotypes about women to validate his viewpoint. And this is very troubling to many of us on the Because I am a Girl team.

Wolff assumes Twitter is for girls because the very nature of this social media tool. He believes Twitter has a “dear-diary nature” and this is more suited towards “girls” rather than “men.”  And this is not only a reckless assumption but ignorant considering he does not follow a lot of people on Twitter. He follows less than 200 people and that is a small sampling considering Twitter has more than a million users worldwide. Also he did not attempt to even research the demographics of Twitter. If he did some basic research, he would realize Twitter is not a ratio of 90 per cent women to 10 per cent men. It is in fact 55 per cent female and 45 per cent male. Maybe if he did some preliminary research, he would have framed his article differently instead of drawing his conclusions on a select few. Most importantly, he simply forgets to address, everyone on Twitter has the option of choosing who they want to follow and it is obvious Wolff chooses to follow a specific Twitter type. So for him to go on a rant promoting stereotypes of all women is mindless. Women have been trying to eliminate such close-minded views for centuries, but this writer chooses to bring it to the forefront and only a week after International Women’s Day.

What is troubling about this entire article is that Wolff is convinced men and women tweet differently because of this whole “diary notion.” He honestly believes women tweeters are more personal – not professional and less serious. So women are more inclined to tweet about relationships and fashion. In contrast to men where he says their tweets are more business like and lacking the confessional nature of a woman tweeter.

So what do you think about his concept of Twitter? Is Twitter a diary centric hub filled with women tweeting about their relationships? Or is it more than this? We would be interested in your thoughts.

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