"Why are computers for boys  
  and dish washers for girls?
The gendering of  
technologies" 

     a presentation by       

 Dr. Rebecca Scheckler       
Educational technologist,       
Health and Human Services        
Waldron College - Radford University        
                   

Presentation Overview
Baby girls wear pink and baby boys wear blue. So begins the enculturation of gender. How does this gendering spread from people to things like computers and sewing machines? This seminar explores a feminist semiotic analysis of the gendering of technology and suggests why women and men should be aware of gendered effects.

Background Information

Dr. Rebecca Scheckler, an educational technologist, in the Waldron College of Health and Human Services, studies the social effects of digital technologies. With her background in computer science, biology, and education she explores gender and technology from a feminist standpoint.