Grapetruth@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agoWhy is that on the internet, people assume you're a male from America, but if you're a vegan on the internet, people assume you're female?message-squaremessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down127
arrow-up1102arrow-down1message-squareWhy is that on the internet, people assume you're a male from America, but if you're a vegan on the internet, people assume you're female?Grapetruth@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareseathru@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up74·8 months agoDemographics. It may not be the case anymore but in the early days of the internet it was a majority American males. That trope has stuck around. And statistically, vegans are roughly twice as likely to be women.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·8 months agoIn the early days, and still now if it’s in English. At least on things like lemmy and reddit.
Demographics. It may not be the case anymore but in the early days of the internet it was a majority American males. That trope has stuck around.
And statistically, vegans are roughly twice as likely to be women.
In the early days, and still now if it’s in English. At least on things like lemmy and reddit.