A cyberfeminist utopia? Perceptions of gender and computer science among Malaysian women computer science students and faculty
A cyberfeminist utopia? Perceptions of gender and computer science among Malaysian women computer science students and faculty
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DOI：
10.1177/0162243907306192
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Lagesen, Vivian Anette
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作者：
Lagesen, Vivian Anette
在大多数西方国家，接受高等计算机科学教育的女性人数少且不断减少是一个众所周知的问题。西方对性别和计算机科学之间关系的主流看法是，后者被编码为“男性化”，女性人数少至少部分地被视为这种编码的结果。马来西亚是一个不同的例子。计算机科学领域有大量女性，计算机科学并不被视为“男性化”。“相反，它被认为是为妇女提供合适的工作和良好的职业。这反映了一种对性别的理解，即女性气质是通过与办公室工作的联系来构建的，办公室工作通常被认为是一个对女性友好的空间，因为它被视为比建筑工地和工厂等更安全和更受保护。研究结果表明，性别和计算机科学可能比西方研究中普遍认为的更复杂。
The low and shrinking numbers of women in higher computer science education is a well-known problem in most Western countries. The dominant Western perception of the relationship between gender and computer science codes the latter as "masculine," and the low number of women is seen at least partly as an effect of that coding. Malaysia represents a different case. There are large numbers of women in computer science, and computer science is not perceived as "masculine." Rather, it is deemed as providing suitable jobs and good careers for women. This reflects an understanding of gender where femininities are constructed by association to office work, commonly recognized as a woman-friendly space because it is seen as more safe and protected than, for example, construction sites and factories. The findings suggest that gender and computer science may be more diversely coproduced than commonly believed in Western research.