Researchers: Gender Equity
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Gender issues in cyberspace
http://www.outreach.psu.edu/users/afc1/thesis/eth.ch7.html
This is a chapter from a 1997 publication by Anita F. Colyer on the role of gender in cyber-interactions. Analysis of user interactions on the Cinema-L list reveals that some aspects of gendered communication styles have been carried over to the 'new frontier' of Cyberspace. Cultural messages related to women's uses of 'gender-appropriate' technologies, coupled with the unique challenges of the environment's.......
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Girls are... boys are...: myths, stereotypes, and gender differencese
http://www.campbell-kibler.com/Stereo.pdf
As educators, and as people, we tend to assume that females and males are different. We see someone's sex as an important predictor of their abilities and interests. However, knowing someone's sex tells us very little about them and their skills. This resource expolores how we stereotype and why sex is an inaccurate predictor of abilities. Many examples are drawn from science and math abilities. This resource was written/developed by a woman and addresses concerns relating to gender-bias and/or discrimination.
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