Examples of attitudes to women in technology industry
This open letter published by the editors of Model View Culture – a website that publishes the original work of technologists, activists, writers, educators and artists. Editor’s Note: The following is an open letter from a group of women technologists and leaders, writing together to address the tech community: Divya Manian, Jessica Dillon, Sabrina Majeed,(…)
While great efforts have been made to get girls interested in Stem subjects, little is done to encourage men into teaching and nursing. The lack of women choosing to study science subjects at university has sparked both angst and action. Nearly 30 years ago the Wise Campaign was set up to inspire more girls to(…)
It is not clear whether CodeBabes was a spoof or gimmick or even joke – but it unleashed a storm on twitter and caused some consternation among many in the tech industry (women especially) http://www.onthemedia.org/story/codebabes-worst-thing/. Using semi-naked women in different stages of undress to “sell” web development courses at different stages of “difficulty” (virgin to(…)
A new website that promises to teach people to code by ‘leveraging sexual desire’ has been branded “the worst thing on the internet this week” and the embodiment of “everything wrong with tech culture” – although no-one’s sure if it’s a spoof. Launched last week, CodeBabes features a string of short videosintroducing users to coding(…)
Rebecca Parsons, chief technology officer at ThoughtWorks, a Chicago-based software design firm. “Women bring a different perspective to solving problems,” “I was told when I was in school that women were incapable of understanding math and science,” she said. “Today, saying something like that simply isn’t socially acceptable. The biggest challenge now is that people(…)
