This open access book explores what makes women decide to pursue a career in male-dominated fields such as information technology (IT). It reveals how women experience gendered stereotypes but also how they bypass, negotiate, and challenge such stereotypes, reconstructing gender-technology relations in the process. Using the example of Norway to illuminate this challenge in Western countries, the book includes a discussion of the gender equality paradox, where gender equality exists in parallel with gender segregation in fields such as IT. The discussion illustrates how the norm of gender equality in some cases hinders rather than promotes efforts to increase womens participation in technology-related roles.
1. Women Fighting Gender Stereotypes in a Gender Egalitarian Culture2.
The Unsolved Mystery of the Gender Imbalance in IT3. Womens Chronological
Pathways to IT Education4. Girl Power: Reconfiguring the Gendered Space of
IT5. Girls Dont Walk Alone: Supporters Investment in Welcoming Girls and
Women into Fields of IT6. Gender Patterns, Equality Paradoxes, and Lessons
for an Inclusive Digital Future
Hilde G. Corneliussen is Research Professor of Technology and Society at Western Norway Research Institute. Her research and scientific publications are mainly on how to make technology more inclusive for groups at risk of being excluded from the digital transformation, including Gender-Technology Relations: Exploring Stability and Change.
