Inspiration
Is there a “gender gap”?
Why does it happen?
how can gender disparity persist in an anonymous medium which allegedly renders gender invisible? (Herring 2003, p. 206)
Does it matter?
And what to do about it, if anything?
See also v4.0 and gender unicorn.
Neither sex or gender are strict binaries, e.g., intersexed and genderqueer folk.
The gap between the “two genders” refers to the unequal participation between traditionally understood masculine and feminine identities.
difference value (d) = (menmean - womenmean)/(bothSD)
surveys 488 SNS users to test hypotheses about gender and “continuance intentions”
gender groups are, by definition, the largest and easiest for SNS providers and marketers to identify … can be leveraged in ad targeting, feature selection, and interface design (KrasnovaEtal 2017, p. 262)
To pick one example [from open source], good design and UX are practically non-existent. This is a big problem, as I’m sure anyone who’s ever (tried) to use open source software will agree. And by excluding marginalised groups, we’ve built a culture that starves us of the very skills and perspectives that open source needs the most. (Slater 2014)
I’m not saying that all men differ from all women in the following ways or that these differences are “just.” I’m simply stating that the distribution of preferences and abilities of men and women differ in part due to biological causes and that these differences may explain why we don’t see equal representation of women in tech and leadership. Many of these differences are small and there’s significant overlap between men and women, so you can’t say anything about an individual given these population level distributions. (Damore 2017)
What he’s advocating is scientism—using undercooked research as coverage for answering oppression with a shrug. (MolteniRogers 2017)
To claim that the Internet has lived up to its potential to create gender equality would be analogous to claiming that women and men are equal off-line because both use telephones. (Herring 2003, p. 218)
Briefly give your answers to the following: