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Driving Forward , not in Reverse: Why Computing Still Needs Feminism

#GHC13. Driving Forward , not in Reverse: Why Computing Still Needs Feminism. Mary Kirk, PhD October 3, 2013. 2013. A BACK ward Foreword.

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Driving Forward , not in Reverse: Why Computing Still Needs Feminism

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  1. #GHC13 Driving Forward, not in Reverse: Why Computing Still Needs Feminism Mary Kirk, PhD October 3, 2013 2013

  2. A BACKward Foreword While Thomas Misa and his colleagues search for answers, they assume no conspiracy theories. There is no diatribeagainst the male gender, nor does anyone fan the flames of the early feminist movement. It is simply a fact that the last 25 years have seen an increasing imbalance in gender in the computing profession. (xi)

  3. The false equation (x + y)z = Feminist x = conspiracy theorist y= diatribe against male gender z= not fact-based

  4. FACT: Feminists were included MARGARET ROSSITER DONNA HARAWAY EVELYN FOX KELLER cyborg manifesto Women Scientistsin America, 3 volumes JUDY WAJCMAN language & science Barbara McClintock bio technofeminism

  5. What’s NOT the problem Gender Codes: Why Women Are Leaving Computing (2010) • Thoughtful, well-researched addition to the paucity of histories of women in computing Linda Shafer • ForewordAuthor • Chair of IEEE Computer Society Press

  6. What IS the problem? theFword Feminism

  7. Questions • What makes the term feminism so emotionally loaded? • Why does computing need feminism?

  8. It hurts us to see • To deal with a problem, must name it • naming draws attention to things we’d rather not see • Could feminism be emotionally loaded because it hurts us to look at the deeply embedded unfairness, injustice and inequalities in our social systems?

  9. We’re stuck in the 60s FACT: No bras were burned Women threw bras, mops, girdles, pots and pans, and Playboy magazines — items they called "instruments of female torture" — into a big garbage can Does she look angry to you? Greenfieldboyce, N. (September 5, 2008). Pageant Protest Sparked Bra-Burning Myth. NPR Morning Edition.

  10. We want to be in the club • Men’s club • Frontier mentality • Female stereotypes • I’m not one of those women

  11. In computing, but out of feminism Linda Shafer • Trailblazersince 1966 • Chair of IEEE Computer Society Press • Director of Software Quality Institute, University of Texas, Austin • Certified Software Development Professional

  12. Marissa Mayer, CEO, Yahoo! Tim Cook, CEO, Apple

  13. Business • 21 Fortune 500 CEOs • 4.2% new record high • 0.4% women of color • 7 leading tech cos. Ursula BurnsChairman & CEOXerox MarillynHewsonCEO & PresidentLockheed Martin Phoebe NovakovicCEOGeneral Dynamics Meg WhitmanPresident & CEOHP Ginny RomettyChairman, President & CEOIBM Ellen KullmanChair & CEODupont 2013 data from http://www.catalyst.org/knowledge/women-ceos-fortune-1000

  14. Media

  15. 1st women in computing • Women working on first digital computers • ENIAC in U.S. • Colossus in U.K All of the cryptographers were men, and all of the operators were women. (20)

  16. Post-feminist?

  17. Education Stereotype threat can influence performance Claude Steele Mean answers correct show power of gender stereotypes & math when women told the test reliably predicts gender differences

  18. Co-creating global partnership • Shift from domination to partnership systems • Communication • Media • Education • Business • Overview of the literature • Chapters & reviews at: • marykirk.net • marykirknet.blogspot.com Buy it used ORask your library to order

  19. The true equation (x + y)z = Feminist x = individual identity y= deeply-embedded values purveyed by social institutions z= our full human potential

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