Excluding women from the technologies of the future? : A case study of the culture of computer science |
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Authors: | Bente Rasmussen Tove Hpnes |
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Institution: | Bente Rasmussen is at the Institute of Sociology, and Tove Håpnes at the Centre for Technology and Society, University of Trondheim, N-7055, Dragvoll, Norway |
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Abstract: | In this article the authors show how the culture and ideas of a small male minority of students, the computer hackers, come to dominate computer science in the eyes of the female students. This minority culture is reinforced by the values and interests of the most powerful (male) groups in computer science, the male professors and teachers and their disciples, the dedicated students. In this way, a male-dominated and machine-fixated culture works to marginalize women |
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