14 DAY TRIAL // When it comes to dealing with a computer, women seem to be more frustrated than men. 55.8% of the women who have to face different computer-related difficulties are extremely irritated, while only 49.7% of the men feel the same. The data have been made public by a Swedish study that was cited by Royal Pingdom.
The main problems that get on both women and men's nerves are related to web pages' slow loading and the fact that their promised Internet speed fails to meet their expectations. The impossibility of their broadband connection to reach the desired speed is a motive of frustration for 56% of women and only 48% of men. At the same time, waiting for a web page to load is discouraging for 66% of women and 56% of men.
The smallest difference between the two genders is recorded when it comes to recalling passwords. 32% of men and 34% of women are angry because they have to keep track of more passwords than it would be decently easy to remember. The gap is probably smaller because, as it is mentioned in the study, women have a better memory. Then again, perhaps more men should have been annoyed at the amount of data they must memorize.
Another category of applications or services that brings women on the verge of despair is the field of online ads. 52% of them cannot stand ads on the Internet, while only 47% of men face the same problem. This finding is, again, questionable, because shopping is more of a woman's prerogative. Finally, when it comes to interacting with a computer support, 42% of women become frustrated, in comparison with 38% of men.
Although some of the data may seem irrelevant, the magazine that performed the study assures us that 4,000 computer users took part in the survey, which should make it pretty trustworthy.