In summary, whilst there are pressures on females to keep them away from the
Social Web to protect their privacy and security, the Social Web can also provide
relatively secure online alternatives to equivalent offline activities, and can potentially
fill female-specific social communication needs that are impossible or difficult
to satisfy offline. Moreover, more skilful use of the Social Web by females may
lead to greater incentives to use it. The Social Web Gendered Privacy Model
suggests that the extent to which women use any particular social website will be
largely determined by the strength of these opposing tendencies.