Hello Jacqueline,
I did not make any of the same implications that you made about David's
observation. To me it seemed a valid point.
Here is an interesting article I found about how retails targets the gay
market. I would expect that their market research is quite sophisticated
because of the commercial stakes:
http://www.inq7.net/nwsbrk/2002/jul/09/nbk_4-1.htm
"Concern about their physical appearance ranges from the purchase of all
kinds of beauty products usually made for women, to the type of clothes
they don. Male gays follow the same beauty regimen as women, and use the
most effective to the most expensive products."
This would suggest that gay men would be more aware of the nuances of
marketing of these products (valuable in assisting in website design
process) than the average straight man. It would also imply that more
gay men would be successful at applying for jobs in this sector than
straight men and therefore more representative.
On this basis it would be pointless to analyse the male/female statistic
without considering sexual orientation. If it was not significant it
would be ignored by the retail sector.
Ben
Jacqueline Hollowood wrote:
> what sort of comment is this? As it seems rather to imply that:
>
> 1. Males engaged with the beauty industry are gay
> 2. Gay males are psychologically more like women than men
> 3. Gay males gender designation is female
>
> I don't see how this adds to the debate about aesthetics and gender difference, and could be taken as rather offensive.
>
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>>>>"David R. Newman" <[log in to unmask]> 09/08/05 14:40:43 >>>
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> Claire Gibbons wrote:
>
>>http://www.glam.ac.uk/news/releases/003056.php
>
>
> In the press release we find:
>
>
>>While expectedly 77% of angling websites are designed by men, more
>>surprisingly 78% of the female orientated beauty websites were also
>>drawn up by men.
>
>
> I'm not sure exactly how they counted the sex of all the team members
> designing a web site, but maybe the difference we should be looking at
> in the beauty products sites is the sexual orientation of the designers
> (as in the fashion industry).
>
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