Inclusion of Gender Perspective in Design and IT Environments
The inclusion of women in IT is a challenge for future economy. Although women compose half of population, majority of designers are men which influence the methodology and goals on technological products. Male dominated environments entail handicaps to women designers who usually adopt a male perspective in working with technologies. This paper focus on historical and present examples to explain why technology should adopt a gender perspective that influence contents and designs in IT. Moreover, we examine how unfriendly environments emphasizes impact on people and process of creation of technological innovation.
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