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by Thomas J. Misa
Gender Codes: Why Women Are Leaving Computing
Cover
Half title page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Foreword
Preface
Contributors
Part I: Tools for Understanding
1 Gender Codes
Defining the Problem
FRAMING THE GENDER GAP
STRATEGIES FOR REFORM
HISTORY IN THE PRESENT
2 Computer Science
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
UNEXPLAINED DIFFERENCES
STATUS OF WOMEN IN PROFESSIONAL LIFE
CHANGING REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
GROWTH OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AS A DISCIPLINE
LEADERSHIP: WOMEN AT HIGHER LEVELS
SUMMARY
SOME POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS
FUTURE RESEARCH QUESTIONS
STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE
CLOSING THOUGHTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
3 Masculinity and the Machine Man
Gender in the History of Data Processing
THE SEX TYPING OF DATA PROCESSING WORK
DATA PROCESSING: BETWEEN OFFICE WORK AND MANAGEMENT
THE GENDER POLITICS OF DATA PROCESSING
DATA PROCESSING LABOR IN THE 1970S
AFTER DATA PROCESSING: THE 1980S AND BEYOND
IMPLICATIONS FOR WOMEN IN COMPUTING
Part II: Institutional Life
4 A Gendered Job Carousel
Employment Effects of Computer Automation
AN UNLIKELY ALLIANCE: WOMEN AND PUNCH-CARD MACHINES
PUNCH-CARD OPERATIONS—A TYPICAL FEMALE JOB
A GENDERED JOB CAROUSEL: THE INTRODUCTION OF ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS
NEW DRUDGE WORK IN THE ELECTRONIC AGE
POSTWAR IDEAS ABOUT THE WORK OF WOMEN
CONCLUSION
5 Meritocracy and Feminization in Conflict
Computerization in the British Government
GENDER AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
THE BRITISH EXAMPLE
FROM PREELECTRONIC TO ELECTRONIC COMPUTING
ELECTRONIC COMPUTING WORK GETS AN UPGRADE
PROGRAMMING AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL
SHIFTING IDEALS IN A CRISIS-DRIVEN STATE
INDIVIDUAL OPPORTUNITIES … INSTITUTIONAL CRISIS
REVIVAL OF THE MANAGEMENT COMPUTER MEN
THE PUBLIC FACE OF GOVERNMENT MERITOCRACY
CONCLUSION
6 Making Programming Masculine
IN THE BEGINNING WERE THE WOMEN …
THE “BAD BOYS” OF PROGRAMMING
PROFESSIONALIZATION = MASCULINIZATION
CONCLUSION
7 Gender and Computing in the Push-Button Library
GENDER AND STATUS DIVISIONS WITHIN LIBRARIANSHIP, 1950–1980
LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARY LABOR, 1980–1990
CONCLUSION: FROM CATALOGING TO METADATA
Part III: Media and Culture
8 Cultural Perceptions of Computers in Norway 1980–2007
From “Anybody” Via “Male Experts” to “Everybody”
THE PERSONAL COMPUTER
DISCURSIVE LOGICS BEFORE 2000
CHALLENGING THE HEGEMONIC DISCOURSE: RECONSTRUCTIONS AND NEW VOICES
HOW CAN WE UNDERSTAND THE CHANGE?
9 Constructing Gender and Technology in Advertising Images
Feminine and Masculine Computer Parts
METHODOLOGY
MEN ON THE PHONE
THE KEYBOARD VERSUS THE MOUSE
THE PRINTER VERSUS THE HARD DRIVE
WOMEN ON THE SCREEN
CONCLUSION
Part IV: Women in Computing
10 The Pleasure Paradox
Bridging the Gap Between Popular Images of Computing and Women’s Historical Experiences
THE APPEAL AND PLEASURES OF COMPUTING: WOMEN’S STORIES
IMAGE VERSUS EXPERIENCE: POLICY LESSONS
11 Programming Enterprise
Women Entrepreneurs in Software and Computer Services
WOMEN’S EMPLOYMENT IN LARGE IT ENTERPRISES
ARGONAUT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
GENTRY, INC.
PHYLISS MURPHY AND ASSOCIATES
ADAPSO AND NACCB
CONCLUSION
12 Gender Codes
Lessons from History
WOMEN IN COMPUTING
IMAGES OF GENDER AND COMPUTING
SHADOWS OF STEREOTYPES
13 Gender Codes
Prospects for Change
POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS
REVERSING CURRENT TRENDS
INTRODUCING NEW IMAGES: APPROACHES TO CHANGE
PATHS FROM THE PAST TO THE FUTURE
Bibliography
Index
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