A theoretical agenda for feminist HCI

Gesture-Based Interaction in Domotic Environments: State of the Art and HCI Framework Inspired by the Diversity

“…However, believes still seem to be prevalent that gender does not have much influence on technology usage. Thus, one of the research objectives of Rode [40] is to show the importance of treating gender in HCI and to emphasize that it permeates all aspects of daily life, including domestic life. Many studies ignore important social aspects, in which the issues of gender occur daily.…”

Gender neutrality improved completion rate for all

“…The masculine culture that surround technology can also affect career choice for women who stay in the field, where they are drawn to areas less associated with the masculine stereotype, such as user interfaces, quality assurance or project management (Faulkner, 2007;Rode, 2011;Doubé & Lang, 2012). This cultural gender problem with the subject matter and the way it is organised can be reflected by a technicist orientation toward analytical problem solving without involvement of social complexity (Faulkner, 2007).…”

“…For many women, as well as for some men, the social construction of gender within engineering can be problematic (Rode, 2011). Women in male dominated fields tend to maintain contradictory views, by upholding the gendered stereotypes but also subscribing to ideals about the accessibility and inclusiveness (Powell, Dainty & Bagilhole, 2012).…”

“…Games or software designed explicitly for girls, as well as how technologically savvy females are portrayed in popular culture, can reflect and sustain a simplistic and binary distinction between genders (Sele, 2012). By legitimizing gender differences it may also reinforce a gender-based concept of male technology use being the norm (Cassell, 2002;Huff, 2002;Magee et al, 2011;Rode, 2011). A social context is needed in order to understand gender, as well as to see gender in the context of social expectations of what women and men can do (Huff, 2002;Rode, 2011).…”

“…By legitimizing gender differences it may also reinforce a gender-based concept of male technology use being the norm (Cassell, 2002;Huff, 2002;Magee et al, 2011;Rode, 2011). A social context is needed in order to understand gender, as well as to see gender in the context of social expectations of what women and men can do (Huff, 2002;Rode, 2011). The difference being about the situation rather than the ability in itself, where stereotype threat (being judged based on societal stereotype about one's group) may disrupt the performance and underperformance thus reflects the effect of lowered performance expectations (Spencer, Steele & Quinn, 1999;Huff, 2002).…”