A Taxonomy of the Types of Prejudice Faced by Women in the Technology Field
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
How to Cite
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
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p. 91-94.
ISSN 2763-8626.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wit.2018.3390.
