...Women in the Technology Field COM/156 Women in the Technology Field The revolution of technology had begun centuries ago; it had been the work of many over the years to bring it where it is today. It entailed people with bright imaginations to come up with technological inventions. These inspiring designs were then taken and built upon to improve its operation. Finally computers were no longer a revolution, but an evolution. During the course of time many men as well as women were affected by technology. Unfortunately, women have not received the same form of acceptance as the men in this field of work. After careful research, women in technology, they found it was difficult to find the names of women influential in technology. In the era when women are increasingly prominent in many industries, there are few women in technology. There are many reasons some women might avoid a career in the technology field. Technology advancement and improvements increase the separation between genders, which show that industrialization and the principles of gender influence each other. Men and women have very different decision making-processes when assessing new technology. In the past, women were considered to be incapable to perform on the same level as men when dealing with technology. Women have been mainly seen as the “stay at home and take care of the kids” person. The majority of professionals in the technology field are male; these are manly environments in which...
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...Women in the Engineering World Engineering is a field dominated by men in today's society. When people think about engineering they think about men with glasses and never does a woman come to mind. However, there have been many studies on the skills that keep women out of engineering as a career yet there is no proof that women cannot or do not possess the skills needed to be a successful engineer. Therefore, it is thought and stereotyped that women do not have the skills to have an engineering career. Women are stereotyped as being dumb just because they are pretty, but many women have proven that stereotype wrong. These women who do have the skills to enter into the field face bias everyday in the field because they are women, not because they lack in the required skills. There have been organizations that spend their time encouraging women to enter into engineering. The Organizations and societies have become so strong and so persuasive that even the company that makes Barbie is coming out with a computer engineering Barbie to attract young girls into the field. The push from the organizations and the drive of the women for success has helped some women to make a breakthrough in the field. Those few women who have overcome many challenges and obstacles in the field have to prove themselves to be looked at with even the slightest bit of respect. These women who make a breakthrough are making huge impacts on the field and improving it tremendously. Women are important to engineering...
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...Women’s Struggle in the STEM Field “If you feel like you don’t fit or belong—for whatever reasons—your satisfaction is bound to be lower because not only is it human nature to want to belong ... it is crucial for getting tenure” (Trower). This is a common feeling women face in today society. Women have been in the work field for years dating back to the World Wars. They have changed the world for the better, organizing powerful movements in order to create more of an equal playing ground for females in society. Many women are breaking the traditional norms and changing the stereotype of what women should do or be. Lately, with all the barriers women have been breaking some people start to wonder, why isn’t there more women or equality in the...
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... Justin R Page Date: April 15, 2012 Gender and Technology Overview and Introduction The research presented in this study is to show the various differences and influences genders are faced and impacted through the use of technology in today’s world. In this essay there will also be a brief look at how some races are also impacted differently in technological uses. This essay will take a look into an article called, “Caring About Connections: Gender and Computing” written by Jane Margolis, Allan Fisher and Faye Miller. In their article they take a look at differences in women and males with their uses and influence in technology, and women’s efforts to pursue an education in computer science and technology. This paper will be able to sum up their main ideas, critically analyze their beliefs, and take a particular look at women pursing fields of study in the technological workplace and technological studies. Gender Definition The definition of gender is not a very easy word to define. There are many meanings and terms that can be characterized under both males and females and mixed genders. However...
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...Paper December 9, 2010 Where are all the Women? The subject of technology is a very challenging subject that is constantly evolving over time. It is one of the most difficult subjects to conquer, and often times it is the one with the highest paying careers. With an abundance of career opportunities and a lot of money to be made, why is it that women make up such a small percentage compared to men in this field? Is it because they are not capable? Or that they do not want to be associated with the “geek” culture of science technology? Women make up more than half of the college population in America,and today women are beginning to major in majors such as math and science in impressive numbers, but with computer science and technology it is a whole different story. On top of the small numbers of women entering the field, the typicality of a women to enter the field only to leave it after a few short years is extremely common. The number of women in computer science and technology who enter and remain in these fields is very low because of underlining cultural stereotypes and the higher demand on women to be in the home juggling with multiple responsibilities. Men compromise a whopping eighty to eighty-five percent of people who enroll in computer science related fields in the university level. Carnegie Mellon University in particular has a ten to one ratio of men compared to women in the field. In 2004-2005, the number of women pursuing Bachelor's degrees in Computer...
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...chairs and leaders in their fields. How can we treat our patients fairly when we don’t equally respect each other?” This quote from the Washington Post eloquently depicts the current world we live in. (Herbst) What brings what brings in women into the medical field and what draws them away? One of the major themes are that they’re drawn away because of the high counts of sexual harassment and abuse just because of their gender and the “entitled mindset” that many of the male students and coworkers have. Another major theme that brings them in is that there are great role models for them to look up to. The last theme that will be discussed is the equilibrium between work and personal life....
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...In many sports, men get more attention than women. Women train just as hard as men on and off the field, the court, track, or rink. Some sports, including lacrosse, basketball, track, and hockey, have many different rules among the men and women’s sports. In a world of rising equality, it is shocking to still see unfair treatment being handed out to women. Too often, people separate the level of play between genders, and then control unfair bias that negatively affects the players, as well as hindering the developing and evolving women’s rights movement (specifically within sports). It is then to say, that women receive fair and equal treatment to their male counterparts. Lacrosse has been around for many years and it has been growing year...
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...History 120 11 December 2012 Women in Psychology Over the years, women have become increasingly dominant in the field of psychology. According to the Women’s Bureau of the United States Department of Labor, in 2010 women made up 66.7% of the psychology. The most common types of psychology include clinical psychology, counseling psychology, school psychology, industrial and organizational psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology and experimental or research psychology. Even though there has been a major increase of women working in the field of psychology lately, things have not always been like this. Beth Doll, who has a PhD in psychology, remembers her difficulties when she was studying to get her PhD. Despite her impressive qualifications and a master's degree in clinical psychology, a doctorate advisor discouraged her from pursuing her PhD, worried she would forgo completing the program to start a family. Doll chose not to heed this advice and went on to complete her doctorate in school psychology in 1983. Doll says, “That simply won't happen today, in part because women have moved into some positions of power," She is now an educational psychology professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and chair of the Council of Directors of School Psychology Programs. Though there are advancements, women psychologists still earn about nine percent less than men. This number increases with experience level. There are still certain fields in psychology that are mainly...
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...In today’s society, gender socialization and stereotypes have a huge influence on the types of jobs women and men have. The influence of gender stratification and stereotypes can been seen in the types of professions women and men are entering into and also the characteristics of these jobs. While the movement of women into the workforce has been impressive, they are still positioned primarily in “pink collar” positions in the clerical or service fields. Pink-collar jobs have been seen as being reserved for women because most of these types of jobs are not exposed to dangers, are in a clean environment, and don’t require physical work. An example of a female dominant profession is being a secretary or a receptionist. The reason many women go into this type of field is because it is easy an convenient and because on a practical level, this type of profession gives them flexibility in their schedules in order to take care f their children and other obligations that have. This type of job is also part time and is usually consists of low stress work. Usually this type of job does not require any training and there is really no chance of advancement. In order to become a secretary or a receptionist, the minimum degree someone must obtain is a high school diploma, but depending on the employer higher education, such as a bachelor’s degree, may be required. The degree field required for this position is a certificate in administrative/clerical studies or a bachelor’s degree...
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...Purpose: To inform on why women are less seen in engineering and also to create a solution to how we can motivate women to join the science field Introduction I came from a country far along the Atlantic and the Pacific ocean. I was a child born in the midst of boys who wanted to be involved in everything. As time went on, I began to fall for the love of wanting to build things and experiment with many materials. Upon arriving in the United States, I fell in love with computers. I later made up my mind to be a computer engineer. With such dreams of mine, I got a call on this particular day from a friend in Nigeria. We talked and he later asked me what I wanted to do with my life, joyfully I told him I wanted to be a computer engineer. I felt this sudden silence and shock on the phone, he made a comment to me, a comment that changed who i am today, he said “But you are a woman, Engineering is a man work, how will you do that?”. This later caused me to research more about women in engineering, and to my amusement, women are less found in engineering. Today I will tell you the two reason why this issue is occuring and the steps we can all take to end such issue. Lack of women in the engineering field can be because women were often assigned jobs sorting papers, copying, and typing—tasks they felt did not value or cultivate their skills. Lack of confidence also causes women to feel unwanted in the engineering field....
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...Examine the role of women on the plantation In the Caribbean enslaved women were valued for their productive roles in the plantation system. Some worked in the home as domestic slaves, looking after the home and children, in fact young enslaved females were expected to be companions of the slave master children. The females were the cooks, seam mistress, maids, cleaners and some were employed as wet nurses, breast feeding the children of her slave master. Not all domestic slaves had easier lives. Washer women, laundresses, water carriers as examples worked hard as the field laborers and suffered physical punishment if the work was not satisfactory. They also suffered sexual abuse by white males. They were also expected to work in the fields especially at harvest time. It is believed that enslaved women who worked in the planters’ households as domestics enjoyed a higher status than field women. There were three levels of field work. Heavy work was carried out by those aged between 16 and 50. Light work was carried out by enslaved between 12 and 16, the ill and pregnant women and new mothers. The final gang did the weeding and clearing fields of twigs and debris, and considered mostly of children under 12. Older trusted women would supervise these children. Weeding or “grass-picking” was considered one of the most laborious tasks required of first and second gangs women. With hoes, and sometimes just bare hands, women stooped in rows under the scorching sun to pick out the...
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...Walsh July 14, 2013 The role of women in today’s society has changed significantly from the modern age. There will always be different traits of each gender that can’t be duplicated by the opposite gender. Many families have tried to make the responsibility roles more equal amongst the adult male and female in the house hold. In today’s society the women is still treated un equal, less human rights than a man and the American culture still tends to believe that a women can’t do a job that a man can. In the modern age, the women were expected to raise the children, keep the house cleaned and have dinner ready when the man gets home at the end of the day. Families were not able to pay for the expense of child care so the mother stayed home with the children. Many of the children were also home taught because school was too expensive or too far for the family to travel to. The man in the house hold tried to do some hunting and they grew their own crops to cut down on the cost of food. Times started to change and families could barely get by so it became worthwhile for the female to try and find a way to help out the family financial as well. When it was time for the women to enter the work field, it was difficult for them at first. Employers had a lot of doubt in the female’s work ability and the quality of the job they were capable of. In the eye of an employer, men are seen to be a strong individual and women are seen to be weak. For a while there was...
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...be treated equally in the work place, no matter their gender or race, if the playing fields in which they are participating are equal. This refers to a controversial topic: should male and female tennis players receive the same prize money if the playing fields are not equal? Females compete for less time than the men do, yet get paid an equal amount. Men should be earning more money than women in the sport of tennis if “equal pay for equal work” was really being applied. The men and women’s tours are completely separate entities, with different schedules and different sponsors, for all of except six tournaments throughout the tennis season, in which they compete at the same venues. The Grand Slams: the Australian Open, the French Open, the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open, comprise four of these six tournaments and are the holy grails of the sport. The winner has a daunting task of winning seven matches over a twoweek period against the best players in the world. The incredibly rewarding financial prize that is rewarded to the champions at the end of the two weeks is identical between the men and the women. There would not be a problem or an opposing argument against women receiving equal pay at the Grand Slams if the playing fields were the same. The problem is that the playing fields are not equal. The men have to win three out of five sets each match they play. The women only have to win two out of three sets. Looking at the last four grand slam events...
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...Background…………………………………………..……………………………………………4 Preparing and Adapting to the Field..……………………………………………………………..5 Medical Anthropology Fieldwork Methodology...………………………………………………..6 Ethnographic Fieldwork Data Analysis …………………………………………………………..9 Reflective Comments/ Conclusion……………………………………………………….…….....9 References………………………………………………………………………………………..11 Targeting Breast Cancer among African American Women in Nash County: A Proposal to Identify Enabling and Reinforcing Factors of Seeking Preventative Screening Services Introduction Ethnographic field work is an excellent strategy in understanding and describing a cultural group. Field work is also an asset in performing a needs assessment in the planning phase of developing health promotion interventions. As described by Bailey (2002), “ethnographic techniques are integral tools for galvanizing and mobilizing communities for social action relative to generating a promotion and disease prevention agenda.” (Bailey, 2002) This paper serves as a proposal to conduct a medical anthropology field work project to assess reinforcing and enabling factors that promote the use of early detection and preventative breast cancer screening services among African American women. The study design consists of a qualitative ethnographic approach utilizing observation and focus group methodology. This project consists of conducting a focus group with a group of African American women age 40-65 years of age at a Nash County church, who regularly receive...
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...the case. She was able to identify the problems and offered creative solutions. She was striving to bring more females into the field of technology and to Google in order to balance the working atmosphere and to create an environment where women and men can equally share their ideas. We will point out and analyze the major issues presented in the Marissa Mayer’s case, and evaluate how effective her ideas were and how the need for integrating women into the workforce will become beneficial to Google. She said, “…I think you build a better product for a mixed gender audience if you have a mixed gender team.” Marissa Mayer was also very successful at advocating the empowerment of women inside and outside of Google. She was calling all the young girls to embrace their inner geek, and promising them that they can stay “feminine” working in the technology field. Identification Google is one of the fastest-growing companies in the world which had turned a $1.5 million investment into $209 billion and had never encountered any problems recruiting the best of the best, but what appeared to be a major problem at Google is the small fraction of women engineers. Marissa Mayer, who holds a very important position at Google, believed it was a missed opportunity and that it was a recruitment problem since there were simply no people focused on recruiting women engineers. Mayer’s colleagues, Larry Page, who was CEO at that time, and Sergey Brin also felt that this is a...
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