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women and ...?

by a woman and ... - 02.09.2002 21:56

why we schould leave the "women and ..."- stuff to the state-run affermative action programs.  

women and ... ?

I got asked today if I'd like to contribute to a radio program about "women and technology" some guy from london was planning...
Reflecting on the pretty lack of any "gender issues" at the conference - let alone any "transversal" approach to contents - thoughts began popping into my mind: why isn't he doing a critical radio programm on "men and technology" or "gender and technology" or "what has technology to do with patriarchy". The question "why are there not many women in technology can easily be answered by a quick visit to the ASCII headquarters (recommended visit to focus on the "guys with notebooks-table in the corner...) ;-)
What I'd find a lot more interesting to discuss is "how come so many guys consider themselves revolutionnary sitting in front of computers 18 hours a day, drinking beer, eating junkfood and limiting their conversations to e-mails, chats and occasionnal grunts towards their fellow (white, male, middleclass) basecaps...?"
Don't get me wrong: I have got nothing against computers, technology or guys installing wave-lans (some of my best friends are "techies"...)
but some critical reflection on science, technology, "progress" and efficiency would neither turn 'the mouvement' reactionnary nor ourselves into past-loving hippies using smoke signals to communicate.
And if we start questioning our own fascination for (very much exclusive) high-tech products and the role it plays in our consumerist, patriarchic society we mightt get to a point where we are able to transmit radioprograms on patriarchy, gender, technology and capitalism - and leave the "women and ..."- stuff to the state-run affermative action programs.

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