The &dquo;new&dquo; constructivist sociology of technology promises a better grasp of the complexities of technological development. As feminist researchers, we see this as an interesting challenge also to the emerging field of feminist research on technology. The aim of this article is to explore the possibilities of establishing dialogues between feminism and constructivism. We base our reflections and suggestions on our own experiences of working with feminist technology studies in The authors emphasize that the &dquo;we&dquo; used m the account of the group's history is, of course, only two members' interpretation of what took place. The other four members of the group, Hj0rdis Kaul, Elm Kvande, Bente Rasmussen, and Knut H. Sorensen, have no independent voice in this article about our history We are heavily m debt to all four for inspiration and many fruitful discussions We also thank Ann Rudmow Sxtnan for her helpful suggestions and careful reading of our Norwegian attempts to wnte Enghsh

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Investigating women and technology may seem like a paradoxas technology is a word with masculine connotations. Feminists have made efforts to correct this image by revealing that women do in fact work with technology, as users and also as inventors. The problem is that such activities on the part of women are made invisible. But the question remains why they become invisible. Is the answer that technology is so closely connected to men and masculinity that activities within this field are categorized as something else when they appear in the heads and hands of women? It is certainly important to reverse the image of women as ignorant and non-existent in technical matters, visualized in titles such as Machina ex Dea (Rotschild, 1983). Still, there is also evidence that men are dominant at most levels of technical developments and implementations, meaning that women's experiences with technology are in many ways 'created in the image of man' (Lie et al., 1988). Therefore, to understand women's relationship to technology we also have to study men and masculinities.My interest in the connection between technology and masculinity arose from studies of women's inferior status at work. My question is whether technology in general, or specific technologies, are important to male gender identity. If so, this adds to the understanding of why it is so difficult to make changes in the sexual division of labour, because meddling with the distribution of tools and tasks then means meddling with gender identity.Gender appears in social life in different forms on different societal

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Contemporary medical imaging technologies produce images on the level of human cells.As a result of such images, egg and sperm cells have become well-known artefacts of popular culture. Medical imaging technology has transformed these gametes from invisible matter integrated in biological processes within the body to identifiable objects.The visualisation of egg and sperm cells has literally lifted the process of human reproduction out of the female body and made the gametes appear as protagonists in the story of human reproduction. The paper argues that visualisation of the gametes and the central role they play in contemporary imaginations of reproduction may offer vital contributions to the rather rapid acceptance and normalisation of assisted reproduction.