For a recent class assignment, we did research on the digital divide. Like many of my classmates I looked up the digital divide as it relates to gender. I found this article that shares the information that men are three times more likely to try and solve IT or computer issues on their own than women. I noticed a classmate also found this article, and I think it's an interesting piece of information.
Are women suffering low self-esteem when it comes to computer issues, like the gender digital divide suggests? Or do they merely want to fix the problem right away instead of messing around for hours and risk making the problem worse?
I think you are really on to something when you suggest that women might just want to get the problem fixed right away and get on with their lives. I have a number of women friends who call Geek Squad immediately instead of trying to fix themselves - they say their time is more important than the cost of Geek Squad.
ReplyDeleteI did notice that the article in PC World said that women take much more care to safely preserve digital photos than men do, so women are exercising computer skills.