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"Do memes have a gender bias?"
Interesting question. We have to differentiate between the content and the
memetic vehicle that carries the content. Evidently, some memes appeal or
repel different genders, and indeed may be specifically designed to apeal to
one gender over another, or any other subset of the population.
As vehicles, I have seen nothing in my experience to suggest that males or
females are intrinsically more able than the other to repel memes. The
standard types of defenses that people may have against memes seem equally
available to either gender.
- Lawrence
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