From female computers to male comput♂rs: Or why there are so few women writing algorithms and developing software

Volume: 74, Issue: 8, Pages: 1296 - 1326
Published: Mar 30, 2020
Abstract
Software development is one of the few professions in Europe and the USA from which women are disappearing. Current explanations range from unproven assumptions that women cannot write algorithms to insights into the misogynistic culture of this profession. This article argues these explanations are inadequate, and illuminates how forms of masculinity constituted within software development put women in the ambivalent position of being either...
Paper Details
Title
From female computers to male comput♂rs: Or why there are so few women writing algorithms and developing software
Published Date
Mar 30, 2020
Volume
74
Issue
8
Pages
1296 - 1326
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