Gender and information technology moving beyond access to co-create global partnership /

• Main Author: Kirk, Mary, 1955-
• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
• Subjects: High technology industries > Employees.; Sex discrimination against women.; Feminism; Business as social institution; Dominator social institutions; Dualisms; Education as social institution; Gendered philosophy of science; IT culture; Language as social institution; Mass media as social institution; Partnership global IT business; Partnership language and media; Partnership science; Partnership social institutions; Stereotypes; Technology education; Tools of domination
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"This book explores the decline in female involvement in technology and other discrimination related to the industry"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Demyth-ifying feminism : reclaiming the "F" word
• 2. Dualisms and stereotypes : tools of domination
• 3. Gendered philosophy of science : science is male, nature is female
• 4. Mass media as social institution : the Wired example
• 5. Language as social institution : the male-centered IT culture
• 6. Education as social institution : understanding her-story
• 7. Business as social institution : global issues in IT
• 8. Partnership language and media : creating a new IT culture
• 9. Partnership science and technology education
• 10. Partnership global IT business
• 11. A concluding pledge : with technology and justice for all.