Yesterday I was writing a post about the gender divide. It was long. But when I've read it back I found myself contraddicting at least three times. So I didn't send it. I was saying that my experience doesn't suggest that there's all that gender divide. But, is that true? Readings suggest something different. I was puzzled. I talked then about it with my roommate who's a TA in women studies. And after that I was more puzzled than before. I'm still puzzled. A lot. I never realized there's a gender divide, at least in the use of computers. PC is just a tool... Internet is a male world, I didn't feel soo.
I felt like McIntosh (remember last week readings?). That is maybe because I never thought about real differences between women and men, especially about the use of computers. Yeah, guys plays more with videogames, but... maybe I'm just naive.
I'm sorry that's all I can share about gender digital divide. I don't don't know what to say. I wish we had discussed it in class... really. The only thing, I repeat, is that I don't feel such a divide in computer use.
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Luca, did you mean that you felt "like McIntosh" because you discovered a potential privledge--as a man--relating to computer technology? ---if so, interesting.
ReplyDeleteI never would have thought about that either.
I can't remember having felt there was an actual difference (or divide) between men and women in computer technology. From the socialization perspective...I think that in this culture, boy and girl children are often treated differently with respect to for example who gets taught to cook and clean and who gets taught how to fix the car. Still, that is certainly not true for every family. Also, for some reason I think of computers as gender-nuetral and outside of something that would be affected by this socialization. I think of it more like riding a bike or using a telephone...most people learn how to do it, despite gender. I find that interesting...because as you said...the articles and information seems to show at least some sort of difference/divide.
Luca, did you mean that you felt "like McIntosh" because you discovered a potential privledge--as a man--relating to computer technology? ---if so, interesting.
ReplyDeleteI never would have thought about that either.
I can't remember having felt there was an actual difference (or divide) between men and women in computer technology. From the socialization perspective...I think that in this culture, boy and girl children are often treated differently with respect to for example who gets taught to cook and clean and who gets taught how to fix the car. Still, that is certainly not true for every family. Also, for some reason I think of computers as gender-nuetral and outside of something that would be affected by this socialization. I think of it more like riding a bike or using a telephone...most people learn how to do it, despite gender. I find that interesting...because as you said...the articles and information seems to show at least some sort of difference/divide.