Reproducing the Motherboard: The Invisible Labor of Discourses That Gender Digital Fields

Autor/in	Greenhalgh-Spencer, Heather
Titel	Reproducing the Motherboard: The Invisible Labor of Discourses That Gender Digital Fields
Quelle	In: Studies in Philosophy and Education, 36 (2017) 1, S.33-48 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Greenhalgh-Spencer, Heather)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0039-3746
DOI	10.1007/s11217-016-9540-5
Schlagwörter	Gender Issues; Gender Bias; Females; Discourse Analysis; Work Environment; Stereotypes; Power Structure; Disproportionate Representation; Labor Force; Information Technology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterfrage; Geschlechterstereotyp; Weibliches Geschlecht; Diskursanalyse; Arbeitsmilieu; Klischee; Labour force; Arbeitskraft; Erwerbsbevölkerung; Informationstechnologie
Abstract	Within the digital workforce, women are disappearing. While there are many factors that could be "blamed" for this phenomenon, this article takes issue with the sexist and patriarchal discourses that are deployed within the digital workforce. In many ways, sexist discourses are taken for granted within the digital workplace; and in that way, the discourses themselves are rendered invisible through a lack of concerted uncovering of the ways that these sexist discourses produce--and reproduce--women as sexual objects and outsiders in this field of work. The sexist and patriarchal discourses I address in this article validate the gender binary even as there is gendered play. It is this "play" that also makes counter-hegemonic discourse and discursive acts productive (and reproductive), as I argue toward the end of the paper. Schools are a place where counter-hegemonic discourses and acts can be nurtured and, hopefully, affect and counteract the disappearance of women in digital fields. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01