Title :
Technology and gender inequality in the defense industry
Author_Institution :
Dimensions Int. Inc., Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
The paper explores the role of women in the field of defense based maintenance technical publications developed in support of the warfighter. It looks at the traditional view of women in the field, the stereotypical supporting ideologies, and how these ideologies and the opportunities for women are changing as a result of a paradigm shift in technical maintenance manuals. The simulation industry is one area in which technical women and women who do technical work excel since a great number of these women are educated in the high tech writing disciplines and information technologies that inform the field
Keywords :
gender issues; maintenance engineering; military computing; military equipment; defense based maintenance technical publications; defense industry; gender inequality; high tech writing disciplines; information technologies; simulation industry; stereotypical supporting ideologies; technical maintenance manuals; technical women; technical work; traditional view; warfighter; Defense industry; Documentation; Engineering profession; Industrial training; Information technology; Machinery; Manuals; Military equipment; Preventive maintenance; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Technology and Society, 1999. Women and Technology: Historical, Societal, and Professional Perspectives. Proceedings. 1999 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
New Brunswick, NJ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5617-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISTAS.1999.787321
