There are pretty good odds at being able to guess the gender of someone just by reading their email,' said David Silver, an assistant professor in the School of Communications at the University of Washington. Many studies have found that men using email tend to supply answers or give a response that shuts down the dialogue. Women are more prepared to open up the discussion.
Women tend to keep conversations going and ask more questions.
They aren't afraid to admit ignorance, or that they are wrong. A study by Dr Susan Herring, a linguistics expert at Indiana University, has also shown that men tend to make strong assertions, disagree with others and use profanity, insults and sarcasm. By contrast, women tend to use diplomatic assertions along with questions, offers, suggestions and polite expressions. The balance online is shifting to empower women. The old internet chat rooms were racist, homophobic and often very sexist.