Comments on: Monday Morning Poll

By: April

April — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:56:01 +0000

I’m getting a good laugh reading these posts!

By: shorter #47

shorter #47 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:02:09 +0000

I’m, like, in fact, a really, really sensitive man.

By: feminazi poll-watcher

feminazi poll-watcher — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:39:15 +0000

That does it! The silly thing voted 200 times!

By: Windy

Windy — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:16:46 +0000

Yep, another female here, 65 and absolutely not your stereotypical older woman. Been interested in politics most of my adult life, been libertarian ever since my first memory — always straining against the chains with which authority tried to bind me, regardless the nature of that authority (parents, teachers, bosses, government). Never have voted for a Democrat nor a Republican (until Ron Paul). I visit a lot of libertarian sites, Lew, FFF, here are merely three. Also visit a lot of Dem sites and GOP sites, mainly to test their mettle and yank their chains, tho I do find some sympathy on Dem sites (for drug law reform), and some on the GOP sites (for limited government, privacy and property rights). Figure I need to know my enemies, also good to know who can be counted on to help on a particular issue even if we don’t agree on much else. My #1 issue is the so called “war on drugs”, what I call Prohibition 2.0, but it is not, by no means, the only issue on which I “agitate”. It is my opinion that we wouldn’t be suffering under the early stages of a police state if there had never been a Harry Anslinger and W.R. Hearst to create the idea that some drugs should be banned from use.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:15:37 +0000

@#47 | Dave Krueger:

At the risk of tooting my own horn, I guess I would agree that I am not stereotypical. (Funny, I always translated that to being a freak of nature…)

With degrees in math and science, I would say your assessment of under-representation of women in engineering (and their participation here) is probably accurate, which is why I prefer having meaty discussions with men. Even bright women, with really happening jobs, just don’t seem interested in this kind of stuff.

I just hope Radley doesn’t do anything different to try to change the ratio. Keep on keepin’ on!

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:45:54 +0000

#15 April: Call me.

By: NAB

NAB — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:26:59 +0000

maybe most women are like me, they get their news (including agitator articles) from an rss reader and don’t have the time or inclinaton to answer random web polls. of course we could all be mindless, boob-having eye candy but honestly, suggesting things like that doesn’t help you attract those of us who aren’t.

and to #14 – as a chick, if you’re attractive and read blogs like this you don’t stay single for long so you’d have to be very quick to catch one.

By: Dave Krueger

Dave Krueger — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:23:36 +0000

#46 Mary

@Dave Krueger:

I’m not overly fond of men in uniform or puppies. Next guess?

I was purposely and facetiously invoking the the calamity of stereotyping. Actually, the part about the velcro was related to me by a young Asian women who really did have a thing for cops. I thought adding it it was a nice touch. :)

In all honesty, I suspect women who frequent this site are anything but stereotypical. I’m disappointed by the ratio, but am clueless as to the actual cause. I’m an engineer and I find that women are unfortunately underrepresented in that area as well. Maybe the reasons, whatever they may be, are similar. Whether they’re cultural or something else, I don’t know. Do you?

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:24:28 +0000

@Dave Krueger:

I’m not overly fond of men in uniform or puppies. Next guess? :)

By: Lucy

Lucy — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:12:30 +0000

Wow, I guess I assumed that men would be in the majority, but I didn’t expect it to be quite so skewed.

By: RogerX

RogerX — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:54:32 +0000

“I was told there are no girls on the interwebs”

They are all over at myspace or the Twilight forums.

By: Dave Krueger

Dave Krueger — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:25:18 +0000

#40 Angie

Wow! Radley, perhaps you turn women off?

Radley posts a lot of bad stuff about cops and we all know how women love big strong guys in uniform and the crisp staticky sound of the velcro being peeled off as they remove their body armor in the shadowy half light of the partially open drapes…….

On the other hand, Radley posts pictures of puppies. How can anyone not like someone who posts pictures of puppies?

By: Bumbleshea

Bumbleshea — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:20:13 +0000

I’m with Hannah! #25

Where – Oh where – Are our reparations already? ;)

I’m female, relatively young (32), & single – do I get a specially trained monkey butler?

By: Bee

Bee — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:19:03 +0000

It is my (wholly anecdotal!) experience that younger folks, girls included, lean left, and distrust “liberty”.

And then when they have kids, women are often crushingly busy. And tired. And may find the threshold of male-dominated political sites to be too difficult to cross.

This site – and its comments – is pretty darn fair and balanced. But a thoughtful, busy woman might see the comment boards at some of the popular libertarian-leaning sites and never come back.

By: Angie

Angie — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:40:52 +0000

Wow! Radley, perhaps you turn women off?

By: Gonzo

Gonzo — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:25:59 +0000

Wow, down to 91/6. The market research into your libertarian dating service is looking pretty grim, Balko. What you need is a gimmick!

“Tuesday is Ladies’ Night! Ladies Agitated Free!”

You’re welcome.

By: Chris in AL

Chris in AL — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:41:17 +0000

I believe any real study would show that large breasts are responsible for lowering the intelligence of the men looking at them more so than the women sporting them.

By: 16 Shells from a 30.06

16 Shells from a 30.06 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:23:54 +0000

Sausagefest.

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:20:42 +0000

#15 And if I didn’t already have a ring in my nose B-) I might take you up on it.

90/10 after 492 votes (including my Y chromosome)

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:10:45 +0000

I don’t think women are “predisposed” or “hard-wired” toward any political stance. Cultural pressures may tend to push different genders in different directions, but I’m going to be pretty skeptical of any statement where a man claims, with no evidence, that women are “hard-wired” toward a position that he thinks is wrong.

Also, most celebrity gossip sites are read overwhelmingly by men. I assume PerezHilton fits this model, but I’m not 100% certain.