Technology and Gender Disparity
Why do most of us make assumptions about males, when we think about technology? Is it because there is no female technology geek, or are we all just ignorant? For example, most people know that Steve jobs invented mac computers, but only few know Susan Kare, the designer, who helped bring the Apple computer to life with her sophisticated typography and iconic graphic design skills by working alongside Steve Jobs. It is an unfortunate fact of life that technology-based fields are the most gender biased fields today. It is also sad to witness that many women are still struggling to enter into some male dominated fields such as engineering, physics, and computer science. Even though women make a significant headway as well as men, the doors to these fields are still closed to most women. According to Ignite global fund for women, only twenty-one percent of researchers in engineering, physics, and computer science fields globally are women; while seventy-nine percent are men. It also states that women make up only ten percent …show more content…
There are many smart, excellent, and fully qualified women just like men. Such women need to be given a chance and encouraged to grow in the face of adversity, especially in a male dominated profession such as technology. Yet, they are rarely given a chance. According to Harvard business review research report, forty-six percent of technical women think that gender bias influences performance evaluation (Ashcraft and Blithe 2016). Women are also frequently seen as less capable than men. Men’s accomplishments are often associated with effort and skill; however, women accomplishments are frequently credited to luck or easy tasks. In fact, men could be seen on many occasions dismissing women’s suggestions only to accept the exact same suggestion from another male
Why do most of us make assumptions about males, when we think about technology? Is it because there is no female technology geek, or are we all just ignorant? For example, most people know that Steve jobs invented mac computers, but only few know Susan Kare, the designer, who helped bring the Apple computer to life with her sophisticated typography and iconic graphic design skills by working alongside Steve Jobs. It is an unfortunate fact of life that technology-based fields are the most gender biased fields today. It is also sad to witness that many women are still struggling to enter into some male dominated fields such as engineering, physics, and computer science. Even though women make a significant headway as well as men, the doors to these fields are still closed to most women. According to Ignite global fund for women, only twenty-one percent of researchers in engineering, physics, and computer science fields globally are women; while seventy-nine percent are men. It also states that women make up only ten percent …show more content…
There are many smart, excellent, and fully qualified women just like men. Such women need to be given a chance and encouraged to grow in the face of adversity, especially in a male dominated profession such as technology. Yet, they are rarely given a chance. According to Harvard business review research report, forty-six percent of technical women think that gender bias influences performance evaluation (Ashcraft and Blithe 2016). Women are also frequently seen as less capable than men. Men’s accomplishments are often associated with effort and skill; however, women accomplishments are frequently credited to luck or easy tasks. In fact, men could be seen on many occasions dismissing women’s suggestions only to accept the exact same suggestion from another male