For developing countries, it may become another ofthe factors attracting people to urban areas. While the new medium includes the potential for democratizinginformation and communications as a result of its interactive andparticipatory nature, evidence suggests that fewer women than men use the newtechnologies and that the computer environment is often hostile or denigratingto women and includes forms of sexual harassment. Even in the United States, the estimate of female Internet usersvaries from 29 per cent to 36 per cent. However, women are slightly more likely than men to use Internet E-mailand to participate in Internet mailing lists, underscoring a strongpredisposition among women toward Internet communications features. Internet Navigation needs to be more intuitive.
Women see the computer more as an efficiency vehicle.
In the unmoderated feminist newgroups, approximately 80 per cent ofthe messages are posted by men.