Titelübersetzung:Technology : division of labor and gender
Autor/in:
Teubner, Ulrike
Quelle: Arbeit: Perspektiven und Diagnosen der Geschlechterforschung. Brigitte Aulenbacher (Hrsg.), Angelika Wetterer (Hrsg.). Münster: Verl. Westfäl. Dampfboot (Forum Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung), 2009, S. 176-192
Inhalt: Technik ist in unterschiedlicher Weise verbunden mit den Formen der Arbeitsteilung nach Geschlecht und der Ordnung zwischen den Geschlechtern. Der vorliegende Beitrag thematisiert das Verhältnis von Technik, Arbeit und Geschlecht als einen zentralen Zusammenhang der Gestaltung der Geschlechterverhältnisse. Die offensichtliche Minderheitensituation von Frauen in den Kernbereichen der Technikgestaltung und die nach wie vor wirksamen Ausschlussmechanismen von Frauen aus Technik kommen ebenso in den Blick wie die Frage nach den Gestaltungsinteressen von Frauen an und in der Technik. Die Ausführungen zur Analyse dieses komplexen Zusammenhangs zeigen am Beispiel der Informatik, dass eine Perspektive besonders sinnvoll oder produktiv ist, die sich systematisch auf die Widersprüche und Brüche im Verhältnis des geschlechterspezifischen Arrangements im Umgang mit Technik konzentriert. (ICA2)
CEWS Kategorie:Geschlechterverhältnis, Naturwissenschaft und Technik
Dokumenttyp:Sammelwerksbeitrag
Image problems deplete the number of women in academic applicant pools
Autor/in:
Sears, Anna L.W.
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 9 (2003) No. 2, S. 169-181
Inhalt: "Despite near numeric parity in graduate schools, women and men in science and mathematics may not perceive the same opportunities for career success. Instead, female doctoral students' career ambitions may often be influenced by perceptions of irreconcilable conflicts between personal and academic goals. This article reports the results of a career goals survey of math and science doctoral students at the University of California, Davis. Fewer women than men began their doctoral programs seeking academic research careers. Of those who initially favored academic research, twice as many women as men downgraded these ambitions during graduate school. Women were more likely to feel geographically constrained by family ties and to express concern about balancing work and family, long work hours, and tenure clock inflexibility. These results partially explain why the percentage of women in academic applicant pools is often well below the number of Ph.D. recipients. The current barriers to gender equity thus cannot be completely ameliorated by increasing the number of women in the pipeline or by altered hiring practices, but changes must be undertaken to make academic research careers more flexible, family friendly, and attractive to women." (author's abstract)
CEWS Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Naturwissenschaft und Technik
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Taking stock: where we've been, where we are, where we're going
Autor/in:
Chu Clewell, Betriz; Campbell, Patricia B.
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 8 (2002) No. 3-4, S. 255-284
Inhalt: "Focusing on 'where we've been, where we are, and where we're going,' the authors examine minority women's and white women's progress in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET) over the past decade. Starting from an exploration of participation and achievement data, the authors move on to cover the theories behind SMET gender differences, including those based on testing, biology, social-psychology, and cognitive sciences. Looking at practice as well as theory, the authors explore the impacts that interventions and contextual influences, such as societal change and education reform, have had on efforts to achieve gender parity in SMET. The article concludes with the recommendation of logical next steps to preserve and expand the gains made by women in these fields." (author's abstract)