Bros Before Hos: The Guy Code

Bros Before Hos: The Guy Code

           If someone were to ask you to name a famous person in the technology industry, who would come to mind? Marissa Mayer? Sheryl Sandberg? Ginni Rometty? My guess is that those names most likely would not be your first answer. It was probably someone along the lines of Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, Mark Zuckerberg, creator of Facebook, or Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft. “In our society, boys and men are expected to learn about machines, tools and how things work. In addition, they absorb, ideally, a "technological world view" that grew up along with industrial society. Such a world view emphasizes objectiv­ity, rationality, control over nature and distance from human emotions. Con­versely, girls and women are not expected to know much about technical matters. Instead, they are to be good at interper­sonal relationships and to focus on people and emotion”(Brenston). In our technology-based world today, most of the more well-known people are men. This is largely based on this ideal that men are supposed to be well-versed in the technology language, while women are not.

           However, women are gaining more experience nowadays and in turn are gaining higher positions and recognition in the field of technology. “While it's unclear exactly why we're seeing this shift, a possible factor is the new wave of female tech stars — Yahoo CEO and ex-Googler Marissa Mayer, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, and IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, to name a few” (Griswold). As a female living in this technology-based world, I personally feel that this is a refreshing change of pace. The advancement of equality for women has greatly improved, yet it is still a struggle that many deal with on a daily basis. As more and more women enter this technology field, I believe that this separation of traditional male and female roles will continue to disappear.

Works Cited

Brenston, Margaret. “ Worlds apart: Women, men and technology.” Center for Media Literacy. Center for Media Literacy. n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2014.

Griswold, Alison. “Tech is hiring more women than men for the first time in 10 years.” Business Insider. Business Insider, Inc. 20 Nov. 2013. Web. 19 Feb. 2014.