Are Older Men Closet Gossip Fiends?

Okay, this is just a question that I came up with when reading Facebook's February 2010 US Traffic by Age and Sex by InsideFacebook.com:

Are older men closet gossip fiends, or do they really just not care about this sort of thing?

InsideFacebook.com found that the amount of males joining Facebook is higher than females in the 18-44 range (at least in February 2010), but women are still much more likely (2x) to join than males among older demographics.

Initially, I thought to myself, "Yeah... this makes sense. Old men 'don't give a rat's ass' about who's doing what and when. They save that for the old bitties on their rocking chairs, trying to get a date for the socially awkward, but secretly charming 30-year-old neighbor boy."

But then I thought about the curious case of Mr. Houselog. Yes, my father pretends to be one of those gossip-averse older men, but that is nowhere near the case. He uses a "pen name" when it comes to Facebook: Darla Houselog.

Yeah, that's right. He pretends to be my mom.

He outright refused to get his own profile when my siblings and I decided to sign up our mom for Facebook, but now he does basically all of the updates, photo uploads, conversations, "friending," etc. I can honestly guess that my mother hasn't touched her Facebook profile for months, yet she somehow still updates her profile. Strange. He is constantly on Facebook through his iPhone, announcing when anyone does anything... my siblings, my old high school friends, my great aunts (weird.)

So, is this just a strange happening among a small sample (a.k.a. just my dad)? Do older men want to know what's going on with their friends/family, but don't want to be known as someone who wants to know? Or don't they care at all?