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Women & Technology: History & Future
That todays technology industries from software to hardware is largely dominated by men is an accepted state of affairs. Much of the recent social dialogue around technological creation and evolution has largely been attributed to men. This is unfortunate and only reflects one side of the story.
Slowly, we are beginning to, as a society, uncover and celebrate women’s contribution to technology. These are often more recent references. As techno0logy is a part of what it means to be human, I believe it is important that we find a more balanced view. We cannot consider what it means to be human without fully considering the masculine and the feminine. While also understanding that concepts of multiple genders have also long featured as a part of being human.
So while there are some much vaunted and brilliant women contributions to technology in recent decades, we should not think of these inventions and developments as something new. Nor should they at all be surprising.
As we begin to go beyond the narrow confines of Western European thought in understanding humanity, more recent anthropological and archeological research and thinking is beginning to understand the role of women and technology in being human. This is much needed.
