Abstract

Considers issues related to computer hardware, aesthetics, and gender. Explores how gender has influenced the design of computer hardware and how these gender-driven aesthetics may have worked to maintain, extend, or alter gender distinctions, roles, and stereotypes; discusses masculine media representations; and presents an alternative model. (LRW)

Citation

Carr-Chellman, A.A., Marra, R.M. & Roberts, S.L. (2002). Round Girls in Square Computers: Feminist Perspectives on the Aesthetics of Computer Hardware. TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 46(6), 4-10. Retrieved August 7, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/165571/.

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Keywords

• Aesthetics
• Feminist Criticism
• Gender Issues
• Mass Media
• models
• Sex Role
• Sex Stereotypes