A February 2009 study by Inside Facebook, a service dedicated to providing Facebook related research found that women over 55 were the fastest growing demographic on the social network.
Key Highlights:
* Facebook reporting nearly 45.3 million active US users in the last 30 days
* Facebook growing in every age/gender demographic. Fastest growing segment: Women over 55, up 175.3% in the last 120 days.
* Facebook growing faster with women than men in almost every age group. Women comprise 56.2% of Facebook’s audience, up from 54.3% late last year.
* 45% of Facebook’s US audience is now 26 years old or older.
More:
Overall, women now outnumber men in every age group on Facebook. In total, women now make up about 56.2% of Facebook’s US audience, up from 54.3% late last year. Women most outnumber men in the 18-25 and 26-34 age groups, where there are 1.4 females for every 1 male on Facebook.
The obvious question is, why? More from InsideFacebook.com
When I finally got a clue about what the viral color posts on Facebook were all about, my response to the trend was to create a quick graphic captioned, “Flat-Chested Women, women who cannot afford bras and women who choose to be liberated from bras, united against bra oppression! No brassieres, or whalebone corsets! Freedom [...]
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In researching for the “Status of Women” project, I came upon this curious article, “Crazy Things Women Do On Facebook” by the dudes at AskMen.com. Aww… What is to be done with mad, manipulative, passive-aggressive, fake chicks bothering sweet innocent charming males on Facebook? Oh, the hysteria!
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I will be submitting a piece titled, “Status of Women” for the “Harmony Reverberates Optimism” exhibition curated by Ronald Lopez. Show details below.
SHOW DESCRIPTION:
McNish Gallery, Oxnard College, has asked guest curator Ronald Lopez to put an all women show together for the month of March, 2010. For this occasion Lopez has decided to bring attention [...]
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Investigating issues of territorialization, gender identity and social class at the intersection of culture, art and technology, “Status of Women” presents profiles of ten diverse women artists living in Los Angeles gleaned from the artist’s Facebook network. The title is a play on ideas, exploring how far women have come at this point in the [...]
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Even as companies like Shell and Chevron rake in billions of dollars, the farmers and fishermen of the Niger Delta can barely eke out a living from their own land. Enabled by corrupt governments, these multinational corporations have continued to profit while the people remain marginalized and exploited. Oil spills and gas flaring have led [...]
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