Gendered technology, gendered practice

Critical discussions of technology have looked at technology and the exercise of power but have failed to look at the power relations of gender. A focus on technology as gendered illuminates technology as a site where social practices are embedded and express and extend the construction of two asymmetrical genders. Feminists point out that technology is based on the dominant masculine value system of Western culture, that women have been active creators and innovators throughout history, that technology has a profound impact on women's labor, and that technology is instrumental in the construction of public and private spheres.