Gender Codes: Why Women Are Leaving Computing

@inproceedings{Misa2010GenderCW,
  title={Gender Codes: Why Women Are Leaving Computing},
  author={Thomas J. Misa},
  year={2010}
}
  • T. Misa
  • Published 13 July 2010
  • Computer Science
Foreword ix Preface xiii Contributors xv PART I: TOOLS FOR UNDERSTANDING 1 1 Gender Codes 3 Defining the Problem Thomas J. Misa 2 Computer Science 25 The Incredible Shrinking Woman Caroline Clarke Hayes 3 Masculinity and the Machine Man 51 Gender in the History of Data Processing Thomas Haigh PART II: INSTITUTIONAL LIFE 73 4 A Gendered Job Carousel 75 Employment Effects of Computer Automation Corinna Schlombs 5 Meritocracy and Feminization in Confl ict 95 Computerization in the British… 
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