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This 3 page paper considers the way in which technology is gendered with women failing to gain the same benefits and job opportunities as mean. The paper examined how and why this is the case. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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seeking family care information to doing the shopping. However, the potential is also constrained by larger issues that indicate technology is gendered in more basic ways. There is ample
proof from a range of studies that when it comes to technology and science women are behind the men in employment and achievement measures (Heller and Didio, 2002). The reasons
behind this are not intellectual or practical, but due to social divides and the genderisation of technology (Heller and Didio, 2002). It can be argued that technology industries, despite
being genderised are also friendly to women, with fewer barriers when compared to other industries where there are gender divides, such as engineering (Mitter, 2000). In India, employment figures indicate
that 20% of programmes are female, the gap is apparent, but much lower than comparable industries (Mitter, 2000). Moreover, the gap may be seen more clearly if the job
types themselves are examined. In most instances the jobs undertaken by the women will be the lower end of the spectrum (Mitter, 2000). The social position of the women
ensures that they are given jobs with lower levels of responsibility, lower levels of technical expertise and roles that are less visible (Mitter, 2000, Everts, 1998). It is easy to
assume at this stage that there is mass discrimination within the sector, but this may not be true. Practicalities such as having children and raising a family mean that these
roles may be more suited to the females lifestyle. The demands of a family mean that a less challenging and less demanding occupation is more suitable for their needs (Mitter,
2000). With this considered, it is also possible to argue that a little thought may help change the way women work and empower their positions. Work models such as
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