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This paper describes the masculine bias in the computing profession through an analysis of computing professionals’ speech. This paper is based on empirical material that contains the visions of the future of 24 computing professionals. On the surface these visions seem gender neutral. However, as these visions are analysed in depth, it becomes clear that they describe the male world where women are seen as a problem.
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Kuosa, T. (2000). Masculine World Disguised As Gender Neutral. In: Balka, E., Smith, R. (eds) Women, Work and Computerization. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 44. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35509-2_15
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