"Why women in technology remain invisible"

[Spotted on a private mailing list] This article suggests some possible reasons “why women in technology remain invisible”. 

On the plane ride home from the MVP Summit last week, I made a list of all the new people I met during the week, and I wrote down 59 names, 7 of which were female.  5 of those 7 were Microsoft employees, like LauraJ and Betsy, whom I really enjoyed meeting, but I’d like to see some more female MVPs.  I’m disappointed to have only met 2 new female MVPs, though I did enjoy getting to hang out with some the gals that I already knew, like Kate, Julie, Ronda, Terri, and Kathleen.  I just wish there were more!

--Marcie

Published Thursday, April 15, 2004 3:03 PM by datagridgirl

Comments

# re: "Why women in technology remain invisible"

In a word: YUCK! Honestly, comparing what the Taliban did to Afghan women to what happens to women in technology is simply absurd. Women were routinely beaten and killed for minor infractions under the Taliban. Even if you buy many of the claims made by the author about how women in technology are made "invisible" (I certainly don't), this isn't anything close to what women experienced under the Taliban. To make the comparison trivializes the horror those women experienced, and is quite frankly offensive. The author of this article needs to get a clue.

Just one (not so invisible) woman's opinion...

Thursday, April 15, 2004 7:05 PM by Avonelle Lovhaug

# re: "Why women in technology remain invisible"

Maybe this will help even things out some:

Girls' computer camp is a confidence-builder
http://mattpayne.org/b.cgi/2004/04/14#ccg

via Kent Tegels
http://sqljunkies.com/weblog/ktegels/articles/to20040414.aspx

Thursday, April 15, 2004 7:21 PM by Bryant Likes

# re: "Why women in technology remain invisible"

I guess the same statement could be made for minorities. Looking at some post MVP summit photos, I didn't see many women OR minorities (in the sense of American-born U.S. citizens).

Gotta keep "fighting the good fight" I suppose.

Thursday, April 15, 2004 7:29 PM by Lamont Harrington

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Friday, April 16, 2004 11:35 PM by TrackBack

# re: "Why women in technology remain invisible"

I forwarded the excellent link to the Trivandrum UG mailing list. In the last 1.5 years we have had only one lady-speaker (and that was my GF) for our monthly UG meets and despite my best attempts to try and get more women participating actively, I have failed. This is stunning when you consider that about 50-60% of Technopark based programming related employees in Trivandrum are women. I have no idea what's holding them back.

Nish

Saturday, April 17, 2004 6:13 PM by Nish

# re: "Why women in technology remain invisible"

Why does this argument always come up? Women should just stay at home and make babies!

Tuesday, April 20, 2004 5:54 PM by Joe Biggot

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