Gender info on P.Z. Myers' blogroll excluding "The Progressive Alliance":
| Field |
Male |
Female |
Other |
%Male |
%Female |
%Other |
Aggregate Totals |
| Feminists |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0% |
100% |
0% |
9 |
| Academics |
13 |
18 |
6 |
35.1% |
48.6% |
16.2% |
37 |
| Educators |
7 |
4 |
1 |
58.3% |
33.3% |
8.3% |
12 |
| Doctors |
9 |
5 |
2 |
56.3% |
31.3% |
12.5% |
16 |
| Others |
31 |
7 |
15 |
58.5% |
13.2% |
28.3% |
53 |
| Politics, International & Minnesota |
28 |
6 |
14 |
58.3% |
12.5% |
29.2% |
48 |
| Science |
37 |
6 |
9 |
71.2% |
11.5% |
17.3% |
52 |
| Geeks & Nerds |
10 |
1 |
2 |
76.9% |
7.7% |
15.4% |
13 |
| Evolution, Atheists |
20 |
0 |
7 |
74.1% |
0% |
29.6% |
27 |
| Aggregate totals |
155 |
57 |
55 |
|
|
|
267 |
| Aggregate % |
58.1% |
21% |
21% |
|
|
|
|
P.Z. Myers:
I'll tell you how much of a role discrimination plays in limiting female professors in so-called "elite" universities: 100%. There is no shortage of brilliant women scientists (or brilliant male scientists), but there is a dearth of jobs and we still have bigoted ignoramuses like Summers standing guard over the gateways.
P.Z. over at Kevin Drum's:
The ecosystem is managed by a male, using some semi-arbitrary algorithm he cooked up. It favors people who link up in lockstep -- check out some of those sites in the top tier. Most aren't particularly interesting or special, but they do engage in a lot of mutual linkage.
It favors conservatives. It particularly favors unthinking conservatives. It is an extremely poor measure of the diversity of the blogosphere, but does reward same ol', same ol', backslappin', good ol' boy networking.
I guarantee you that if a blog like What She Said! assembled a comparable "ecosystem" using their own algorithm, you'd find a consensus measure of popularity that would be heavily loaded with women and liberals. You're assuming that NZ Bear's biases are not influencing the rankings, and that's simply absurd.
If you aren't part of the solution, aren't you part of the problem?
Below is unformatted data we bloggers at GNXP collected so you can confirm our assessments. Sorry for the mess!
Addendum: Please keep the comments civil. Take a moment and reflect that even the great ones amongst us may fall short....
Updated: P.Z.
responds.
Academics
http://www.cronaca.com/ David Male
http://geomblog.blogspot.com/ Suresh Male
http://gnosticalturpitude.org/ Matt Male
http://alex.halavais.net/news/ Alex Male
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/ Brian Male
http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/ Alex, Tyler Male
http://profgoose.blogspot.com/ Male
http://www.sanskritboy.net/ Ryan Male
http://www.semantics-online.org/blog/ Kai Male
http://chujoe.net/ Joseph Male
http://radio.weblogs.com/0113501/ Mike Male
http://standardmodel.blogspot.com/ Leighton Male
http://applecidercheesefudge.blogspot.com/ Group Neither
http://cavlec.yarinareth.net/ Group Neither
http://www.crookedtimber.org/ Group Neither
http://hnn.us/ Group Neither
http://examinedlife.typepad.com/johnbelle/ Group Neither
http://philbio.typepad.com/philosophy_of_biology/ Group Neither
http://sneathspot.blogspot.com/ Neither
Doctors
http://www.lingualnerve.com/ Spacefan female Identifies herself as female on
bio page.
http://www.lingualnerve.com/ Doc Shazam female Identifies herself as female
on bio page.
http://www.lingualnerve.com/ Maria female Identifies herself as female on bio
page.
http://docshazam.blogspot.com/ Doc Shazam female This is her own blog. She also
posts on LingualNerve.
http://www.rocketdog2000.com/RDblog/ ? female No name, but she refers to her
husband and knitting a lot.
http://www.obels.org/mt/ Peter Obels male
http://codeblueblog.blogs.com/codeblueblog/ *Dr. Boyle male *Dr. Boyle is referred
to as "he" in a "What People Are Saying" comment, although
he signs his blog CBB.
http://www.echojournal.org/ Michael Ostrovsky male
http://www.echojournal.org/ Paul Geldard male
http://drcharles.blogspot.com/ *Dr. Charles male *He identifies himself as male
in his bio.
http://www.lingualnerve.com/ Allen male "Husband and proud dad."
http://www.lingualnerve.com/ Tom male Identifies himself as male on bio page.
http://www.lingualnerve.com/ Justin male Identifies himself as male on bio page.
http://www.lingualnerve.com/ Nick male Identifies himself as male on bio page.
http://www.grahamazon.com/ Graham male
http://www.medrants.com/index.php DB unknown
http://www.lingualnerve.com/ Re-minisce unknown
Educators
http://mamamusings.net/ Elizabeth Lane Lawley female
http://blog.mathemagenic.com/ Lilia Efimova female
http://teachingbiology.blogspot.com/ Judy Jones female
http://teachingbiology.blogspot.com/ Pamela Duncan female
http://www.librarystuff.net/ Steven M. Cohen male
http://www.downes.ca/news/OLDaily.htm Stephen Downes male
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/MikeArnzen/ Michael Arnzen male
http://seblogging.cognitivearchitects.com/ Sebastian Fiedler male
http://teachingbiology.blogspot.com/ Brad Williamson male
http://teachingbiology.blogspot.com/ Rich Benz male
http://teachingbiology.blogspot.com/ Stewart Monckton male
http://www.weblogg-ed.com/ Will Richardson male
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ Univ of Minnesota neither *Not a blog but a blog service/directory
of 1056 blogs; 1968 blog authors.
Geeks & Nerds
http://www.alistapart.com/ Erin Kissane female
http://www.pmachinehowto.com/index.php/ Sue Crocker female
http://www.alistapart.com/ Jeffrey Zeldman male
http://www.alistapart.com/ Brian Alvey male
http://www.alistapart.com/ Dan Benjamin male
http://jade.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/alan/ Alan male
http://daringfireball.net/ John Gruber male
http://www.michaelhanscom.com/eclecticism/ Michael Hanscom male
http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/ Dan Gillmor male
http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/ Jon Udell male
http://www.kottke.org/ Jason Kottke male
http://www.reedmaniac.com/ Paul Burdick male
http://paolo.evectors.it/ Paolo Valdemarin male
http://www.pmachine.com/forum/bugfixes_ee.xml *Not a blog.
Science
http://www.christineterry.com/about.html Christin Female
http://www.pyracantha.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi Hannah Female
http://invasivespecies.blogspot.com/ Jenn Female
http://girlscientist.blogspot.com/ GrrlScientist Female
http://www.gamalei.net/syaffolee/index.html Sya Female
http://thewelltimedperiod.blogspot.com/ Ema Female
http://www.10000birds.com/ Mike Male
http://abstractfactory.blogspot.com/ Cog Male
http://artsyscience.blogspot.com/ Tracy Male
http://austringer.net/wp/ Wes Male
http://helpychalk.blogspot.com/ Rob Male
http://biomesblog.typepad.com/the_biomes_blog/ Mark Male
http://blog.bioethics.net/2004/09/what-is-this.html# Glenn, David, Paul Male
http://www.collisiondetection.net/ Clive Male
http://corpus-callosum.blogspot.com/ Has a web handle, says he is a "guy"
Male
http://madbard.walkingwizard.com/tdb/ Refers to "himself Male
http://www.whiterose.org/dr.elmo/blog/ Greg Male
http://radio.weblogs.com/0100187/ Richard Male
http://blogs.salon.com/0001092/ David Male
http://www.thewormbook.com/helmintholog/ Andrew Male
http://www.idiolect.org.uk/notes/ Tom, Matt Male
http://www.stevenberlinjohnson.com/ Steve Male
http://www.corante.com/livingcode/ Richard Male (duplicate)
http://crumpled.com/cp/personal/ John Male
http://www.sennoma.net/ Sennoma Male
http://mikethemadbiologist.blogspot.com/ Mike Male
http://mixingmemory.blogspot.com/ Chris Male
http://www.chriscmooney.com/blog.asp Chis Male
http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/~distler/blog/ distler Male
http://sparkleberrysprings.com/v-web/b2/index.php Wayne Male
http://www.qinfo.org/people/nielsen/blog/ Michael Male
http://paleblue.us/ Dave Male
http://preposterousuniverse.blogspot.com/ Sean Male
http://dabacon.org/pontiff/ Dave Male
http://rhosgobel.blogspot.com/ Radagast, (refers to self as "he")
Male
http://sciencepolitics.blogspot.com/ Bora Male
http://science_boy.blogspot.com/ David Male
http://www.10thmonth.net/movabletype/ Dermot Male
http://seislog.blogs.com/seislog/ Andrew Male
http://darwin.bc.asu.edu/blog John Male
http://johnvu.net/blog/ John Male
http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/weblog/ Cosma Male
http://avoyagetoarcturus.blogspot.com/ Jay Male
http://wolverinetom.blogspot.com/ Tom Male
http://anthropology.net/index.php?title=Main_Page Neither
http://mobjectivist.blogspot.com/ WHT Neither
http://www.nodalpoint.org/ Group Neither
http://jrb.typepad.com/personalgenome/ Neither
http://webapp.utexas.edu/blogs/sarkarlab/ Group Neither
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/ Group Neither
http://www.thescian.com/blog/ Group Neither
http://www.squidblog.com/ Tony, Jen Neither
http://www.steelypips.org/principles/ ? Neither
http://effectmeasure.blogspot.com/ Revere Not known
Politics, International & Minnesota
http://mithras.blogs.com/blog/ Dead Link Dead Link
http://www.kathryncramer.com/wblog/ Kathryn Female
http://iddybud.blogspot.com/ Jude Female
http://www.node707.com/ Melanie Female
http://suburbanguerrilla.blogspot.com/ Susan Female
http://culturecat.net/ Clancy Female
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/ Digby Female?
http://paleofreak.blogalia.com/ Saichania? Female?
http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/ Brad Delong Male
http://atrios.blogspot.com/ Duncan Male
http://www.juancole.com/ Juan Male
http://www.markarkleiman.com/ Mark Male
http://ezraklein.typepad.com/blog/ Chris Male
http://www.dailykos.com/ Kos Male
http://nicklewis.smartcampaigns.com/ Nick Male
http://www.nathannewman.org/log/ Nathan Male
http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/ David Male
http://www.pandagon.net/ Jesse Male
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ Kevin Male
http://www.thetalentshow.org/ Greg Male
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/ Josh Male
http://tbogg.blogspot.com/ Tbogg Male
http://www.stephenbates.com/yellowdoggereldemocrat/ Steve Male
http://yglesias.typepad.com/matthew/ Matt Male
http://darwininitalia.blogspot.com/ Paolo Male
http://evolucionarios.blogalia.com/ Biomaxi Male
http://www.homowebensis.com/ Cibernesto Male
http://www.the19thfloor.net/ Mark Male
http://moderateleft.blogspot.com/ Jeff Male
http://bmwforpeace.blogspot.com/ Chris Male
http://www.duckstrap.com/Blog/blog.php Chris Male
http://theyetimn.blogspot.com/ Brian Male
http://wowthisisslow.blogspot.com/ JMJanssen Male
http://iliveinminnesota.blogspot.com/ Duf Male
http://lawandpolitics.blogspot.com/ publius, Eric Male (1) Female?
http://saltman.blogspot.com/ Group Male (1) Female (1)
http://www.liberaloasis.com/ Group Male (2)
http://left2right.typepad.com/main/ Group Male (20) Female (7)
http://lloydletta.blogspot.com/ Lloyd Male?
http://www.scsuscholars.com/ King Male?
http://www.reachm.com/amstreet/ Group Neither
http://corrente.blogspot.com/ Group Neither
http://www.democrats.org/blog/ Group Neither
http://www.theleftcoaster.com/ Group Neither
http://www.liberaloasis.com/ Group Neither
http://www.ospolitics.org/blog/ Group Neither
http://xnerg.blogspot.com/ Group Neither
http://babelogue.citypages.com:8080/ ? Neither
http://minnpolitics.blogspot.com/ MN Politics Guru Neither
http://norwegianity.com/ Group Neither
http://skatje.com/index.php/weblog/index/ Skatje Neither
Others
Alas, a Blog
group
alicublog
roy edroso male
Amygdala
male
ANONYMOSES
male
apostropher
male
archy
John J. McKay male
Beautiful Horizons
male
William Blathers
male
Blog of a Bookslut
group
The Blue Bus is calling us...
dunno
Body and Soul
female
Bouphonia
dunno
Byzantium's Shores: Meditations on Nearly Anything
male
C8H10N4HO2O2
AJ Milne male
Ayn Clouter's Blog
dunno
Doing Things With Words
Dan Quattrone male
ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
female
Electrolite
Patrick Nielsen Hayden male
Fact-esque, A Reality-Based Blog
dunno
Fafblog
dunno
Foreign Dispatches
abiola lapite male
It's My Country, Too
(female?) dunno
Neil Gaiman's Journal
male
Gibson Blog
male
Gibsonian
male
Happy Furry Puppy Story Time with Norbizness
(male?) dunno
Izzle Pfaff!
male
Jesus' General
(male?) dunno
Long story; short pier
kip manley male
The Mahablog: Truth and the Bush Administration
Copyright 2003, 2004 by Barbara O'Brien (female?) dunno
Making Light
Teresa Nielsen Hayden female
Douglas McDaniel
male
Media Matters for America
group
Modulator
steve male
Notional Slurry
Bill Tozier male
Obsidian Wings
group
Off-The-Cuff, Off-The-Record, Off-The-Wall
female
One Good Thing
female
Paperwight's Fair Shot
male
Pepper of the Earth - The Home Office Record & Mostly Daily Gazette
group - all males
Planet Swank
Gregory Harris male
Ratty's Ghost
female
The Rude Pundit
male
Seeing The Forest
group - all males
The Sixth International
ms. tilton female
Skeptical Notion
male
slacktivist
dunno
smijer
male
SocraticGadfly
male
Sisyphus Shrugged
female
the talking dog
male
Tea Leaves
male
The Un-Common Tater
dunno
Unfogged
group - all males
World O'Crap
dunno
James Wolcott
male
Evolution
De Rerum Natura
male
Dispatches from the Culture Wars
male
evolgen
male
Evolutionblog
male
Evolving Thoughts
male
The Loom
male
National Center for Science Education
other
The Panda's Thumb
group (1 female!)
Thoughts from Kansas
male
Atheists & Skeptics
ButterfliesandWheels.com Notes and Comments
group
Corsair the Rational Pirate
male
Father Dan
male
FreethoughtFilter
group - (all male?)
GoatOnFire's Burning Blog
male
God is for Suckers!
group - all male
Gullibility isn't in the dictionary
male
Karma Fool
male
(mostly) Rationally Speaking
male
Nanovirus
dunno
The Pagan Prattle Online
dunno
The Raving Atheist
male
reality based community
Scott Pilutik male
Respectful Insolence
male
Strange Doctrines
male
Stupid Evil Bastard
male
The Two Percent Company's Rants
dunno
Unscrewing The Inscrutable
male