Chapter 8 Practice Quiz

Genders and Technology
. Technologies are __________.

. Women's liberation view advocates that technology can liberate women by __________.

. Wajcman describes housework in terms of three main characteristics: __________.

. The adoption of household technologies was believed to allow homemakers more time for __________.

. With the development of the domestic science movement and germ theory, cleanliness and tidiness became representations of __________.

. The introduction of labour saving technologies in the early 20th century saw what crucial domestic change?

. Same sex couples use technologies

. The rise of cybertariats can be considered an example of __________.

. Fountain holds that women as pervasive consumers of ICT devices and services have:

. The chapter talks about these initiatives to help bring women to IT jobs: __________.

. Scratch was created to teach __________ to code.

. The new hands-on learning spaces popping up in many libraries are called __________.

. Mitch Resnick from MIT's Media Laboratory argues that __________.

. The assumption that it is possible to ignore the body of the user when designing and developing new technology is incorrect because __________.

. Women in technology fields are underrepresented in the tech industry because of

. Online other users can provide feelings of belonging and affiliation for those who are marginalized in everyday life, this is referred to as __________.

. The mainstream media when compared to YouTube has been criticized in how it portrays transgender individuals. What is one of the main criticisms of mainstream media's portrayal?

. Stigmatized individuals will look for __________ in an online community.

. Technological determinism will often ______________ complex social processes.

. Sex and sexuality are mere biological facts.

. Men and women shared household duties relatively equitably from the 1960s onwards.

. Debates around gender issues are often initiated only after the design of the tool is completed.

. Women's oppression view states that women will be enslaved through technological advances.

. Reproductive technology is sometimes thought of as problematic because it is part of an overarching patriarchal structure.

. Research shows that today there is no longer a difference in Internet access between men and women in Global North countries.

. The domestic science movement lowered expectations around cleanliness and tidiness.

. One of the difficulties facing individuals responsible for housework is that there are no formally established roles, tasks, or deadlines, which makes it difficult to determine when work is complete.

. Labour saving technology drastically decreased the amount of time spent on housework.

. Women who work outside of the home no longer do the majority of housework in their home.

. Three in five Wikipedia editors are women.

. Gender resegregation is a phenomenon in which women increasingly enter professions that have been traditionally dominated by men.

. Facebook was an early adopter of gender self-identification categories.

. Body erasure is the act of neglecting to consider the body during the design of the technology.

. Technological determinism is often responsible for body erasure.

. Virtual counterpublics are places that provide feelings of belonging and affiliation for those who are marginalized in everyday life.

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