A Taxonomy of the Types of Prejudice Faced by Women in the Technology Field

  • Suellen Barros Ramos UFMT
  • Karen da Silva Figueiredo UFMT

Abstract


This article aims to discuss the discrimination faced by women in IT from a case study of a Brazilian campaign to raise awareness about the theme. This work performs a content analysis of the feedback received in social media about the campaign and presents a taxonomy of the kinds of prejudice suffered by women in IT based on categories from the literature of gender studies.

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Published
2018-07-26
RAMOS, Suellen Barros; FIGUEIREDO, Karen da Silva. A Taxonomy of the Types of Prejudice Faced by Women in the Technology Field. In: WOMEN IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (WIT), 12. , 2018, Natal. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2018 . p. 91-94. ISSN 2763-8626. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wit.2018.3390.